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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 688 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEXARKANA , two adjoining cities forming one community, situated on either See also:

side of the boundary See also:line between See also:Arkansas and See also:Texas, U.S.A., about 165 m. E. by N. of See also:Dallas, Texas; Texarkana, See also:county-seat of See also:Miller county, Arkansas, pop. (l000) 4914, of whom 120 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 2078 were negroes; (1910) 5655; Texarkana, See also:Bowie county, Texas, pop. (rgoo) 5256, of whom 192 were foreign-born and 1964 were negroes; (1910) 9790. Texarkana is served by the See also:Kansas See also:City See also:Southern (See also:Port See also:Arthur Route), the Texas & Pacific (of which it is the eastern See also:terminus), the St See also:Louis, See also:Iron See also:Mountain & Southern (Iron I ountain Route, the southern terminus), and the St Louis See also:South, Western (See also:Cotton See also:Belt Route) See also:railways. The public buildings are two city halls, a well-designed See also:Post See also:Office, which stands on the See also:state line and serves both cities, a county See also:court See also:house (on the Arkansas side), and a Federal court See also:building (on the Texas side). The See also:chief See also:trade is in See also:lumber (especially hard See also:woods, such as See also:white See also:oak and ash), cotton, cotton-See also:seed oil and hides. Natural See also:gas is piped here from the See also:Caddo gas-See also:fields, about 48 m. S., in See also:Louisiana. The first permanent See also:settlement here was made in 1874; Texarkana, Texas, was incorporated in 1875, and Texarkana, Arkansas, in 1881.

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