University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 8-2013 Dammed Arkansas: Early Developments in How Arkansas Came to Be a Dammed State, 1836-1945 Mary Suter University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the United States History Commons, and the Water Resource Management Commons Recommended Citation Suter, Mary, "Dammed Arkansas: Early Developments in How Arkansas Came to Be a Dammed State, 1836-1945" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 891. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/891 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. DAMMED ARKANSAS: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS IN HOW ARKANSAS CAME TO BE A DAMMED STATE, 1836-1945 Dammed Arkansas: Early Developments in How Arkansas Came to Be a Dammed State, 1836-1945 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by Mary C. Suter Indiana University at South Bend Bachelor of Arts in History, 1979 The George Washington University Master of Arts in Museum Studies, 1981 August 2013 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. __________________________________________ Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne Dissertation Director _______________________________________ ____________________________________ Dr. Elliott West Dr Patrick Williams Committee Member Committee Member ABSTRACT The need to manage the rivers of Arkansas has been a driving force in developments that have resulted in dramatic changes to the geographical “face” of Arkansas over the last 200 years.