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A Many-Storied Place
A Many-storied Place Historic Resource Study Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas Theodore Catton Principal Investigator Midwest Region National Park Service Omaha, Nebraska 2017 A Many-Storied Place Historic Resource Study Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas Theodore Catton Principal Investigator 2017 Recommended: {){ Superintendent, Arkansas Post AihV'j Concurred: Associate Regional Director, Cultural Resources, Midwest Region Date Approved: Date Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. Proverbs 22:28 Words spoken by Regional Director Elbert Cox Arkansas Post National Memorial dedication June 23, 1964 Table of Contents List of Figures vii Introduction 1 1 – Geography and the River 4 2 – The Site in Antiquity and Quapaw Ethnogenesis 38 3 – A French and Spanish Outpost in Colonial America 72 4 – Osotouy and the Changing Native World 115 5 – Arkansas Post from the Louisiana Purchase to the Trail of Tears 141 6 – The River Port from Arkansas Statehood to the Civil War 179 7 – The Village and Environs from Reconstruction to Recent Times 209 Conclusion 237 Appendices 241 1 – Cultural Resource Base Map: Eight exhibits from the Memorial Unit CLR (a) Pre-1673 / Pre-Contact Period Contributing Features (b) 1673-1803 / Colonial and Revolutionary Period Contributing Features (c) 1804-1855 / Settlement and Early Statehood Period Contributing Features (d) 1856-1865 / Civil War Period Contributing Features (e) 1866-1928 / Late 19th and Early 20th Century Period Contributing Features (f) 1929-1963 / Early 20th Century Period -
Student Information System, Contact
AHEIS Reference Manual for the SSttuuddeenntt IInnffoorrmmaattiioonn SSyysstteemm IInnddeeppeennddeenntt IInnssttiittuuttiioonnss,, Baptist School of Nursing, Jefferson School of Nursing Arkansas Department of Higher Education Little Rock, Arkansas 2013-2014 A D H E Division of Research and Planning 2013-2014 Reporting Calendar for Institutions of Higher Education Month Due Date Indep Activity July 07/10/2013 Wed Financial Aid Crosswalk July 07/10/2013 Wed Academic Calendar * Note: A copy of the academic year calendar from an institutional catalog may be substituted. July 07/10/2013 Wed Graduated Student File for prior academic year * Note: A.D.H.E. will NOT upload the I.P.E.D.S. Completions data to institutional web pages from GSF. August 08/07/2013 Wed * Summer I End-of-Term (includes Spring Off-Schedule End-of-Term) August 08/07/2013 Wed * Summer II Term File (Student, Registration, Course, Instructor) includes Summer I Off-Schedule August 08/07/2013 Wed Workforce Education and Training Course File (Summer I data) August 08/07/2013 Wed I.P.E.D.S. Registration Opens. * UserIDs and passwords for 2013-14 will be distributed to all institutions on August 7. Those with designated keyholders will receive information via email. All institutions for which there is no designated keyholder will receive a letter directed to the CEO containing registration information. Institutions are encouraged but not required to complete Report Mapping, Institution Identification, and IC Header during the Registration period. Report Mapping and Institution Identification must be completed, and IC Header must be locked before the Fall surveys can be started. -
Civil War in the Delta: Environment, Race, and the 1863 Helena Campaign George David Schieffler University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 8-2017 Civil War in the Delta: Environment, Race, and the 1863 Helena Campaign George David Schieffler University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Schieffler, George David, "Civil War in the Delta: Environment, Race, and the 1863 Helena Campaign" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 2426. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2426 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 [email protected], [email protected]. Civil War in the Delta: Environment, Race, and the 1863 Helena Campaign A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by George David Schieffler The University of the South Bachelor of Arts in History, 2003 University of Arkansas Master of Arts in History, 2005 August 2017 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. ____________________________________ Dr. Daniel E. Sutherland Dissertation Director ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Dr. Elliott West Dr. Patrick G. Williams Committee Member Committee Member Abstract “Civil War in the Delta” describes how the American Civil War came to Helena, Arkansas, and its Phillips County environs, and how its people—black and white, male and female, rich and poor, free and enslaved, soldier and civilian—lived that conflict from the spring of 1861 to the summer of 1863, when Union soldiers repelled a Confederate assault on the town. -
July 31, 2020
Johnny Key Secretary ARKANSAS HIGHER EDUCATION Dr. Jim Carr COORDINATING BOARD AHECB Chair Dr. Maria Markham REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING Director JULY 31, 2020 _________________________________________________________ Arkansas Division of Higher Education 423 Main Street, Suite 400 | Little Rock, AR 72201 | (501) 371-2000 ARKANSAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING Arkansas Division of Higher Education SCHEDULE ______________________________________ Friday, July 31, 2020 Call to Order at 10:00 a.m. Committee Meetings Convene Coordinating Board Meeting Coordinating Board Meeting will convene at the end of the Academic Committee meeting. ARKANSAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING Friday, July 31, 2020 Arkansas Division of Higher Education AGENDA I. EXECUTIVE *1. Approve Minutes of the April 24, 2020 Regular Meeting 2. Director’s Report (Dr. Maria Markham) 3. Annual Report on Credentials Awarded (Ms. Sonia Hazelwood) 4. Annual Report on Student Retention and Graduation (Ms. Hazelwood) 5. Annual Report on Retention and Graduation of Intercollegiate Athletes (Ms. Hazelwood) 6. Report on 2019 Fall College-Going Rate (Ms. Hazelwood) 7. Annual Report on First-Year Student Remediation for Fall 2019 (Dr. Jessie Walker) 8. Annual Report on Productivity of Recently Approved Programs (Dr. Walker) 9. Annual Concurrent Enrollment Report (Dr. Walker) 10. Report on Academic Program Review 2017-2019 (Dr. Walker) II. FINANCE *11. Productivity-Based Funding Distribution (Mr. Nick Fuller) *12. Operating Recommendations for 2021 – 2023 Biennium (Mr. Fuller) *13. Personal Services Recommendations for 2021 – 2023 Biennium (Mr. Fuller) *14. Certification of Intercollegiate Athletic Budgets for 2020-21 (Mr. Fuller) *Action item i III. ACADEMIC *15. New Program: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Master of Science in Construction Management (Dr. -
CURRICULUM VITA Charles P. West ADDRESS: Revised February 15
CURRICULUM VITA Charles P. West ADDRESS: Revised February 15, 2017 Plant and Soil Sciences Box 42122 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 USA E-mail: [email protected] PERSONAL: Born: 13 June 1952, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Citizenship: USA EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Crop Production/Physiology, 1981, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. M.S. in Agronomy, 1978, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. B.S. in Agronomy, 1974, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair, Forage Systems, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, 2012-present. Director, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Water Center, 2014-present. Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Forage Physiology, 75% research 25% teaching, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1984-2012. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, New Zealand, 1982-1984. Research on nitrogen fixation in white clover-ryegrass pastures. Predoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1978-1981. Research on nutrient cycling in pastures. Graduate Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1977-1978. Research on pasture renovation. Agronomist, Peace Corps, Morocco, 1974-1976. Technical aid on development of irrigated forage management systems for dairy production. CURRENT RESEARCH AND OUTREACH PROJECTS: Analysis and upgrading of irrigation scheduling programs in the southern High Plains Use of alfalfa in improving forage quality of grazed Old World bluestem Assessment of insect deterrence by WW-BDahl Old World bluestem Modeling growth and water use of warm-season perennial grasses. Texas Coalition of Sustainable Integrated Systems (TeCSIS) http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/forageresearch/Index.html Texas Alliance for Water Conservations (TAWC) http://www.tawc.us TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE (Texas Tech University): PSS 3321 – Forage and Pasture Crops. -
Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
92° 91° 90° 89° 88° Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Cape Girardeau 73cc 72 io Ri Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of This level III and IV ecoregion map was compiled at a scale of 1:250,000 and depicts revisions and Literature Cited: PRINCIPAL AUTHORS: Shannen S. Chapman (Dynamac Corporation), Oh ver environmental resources; they are designed to serve as a spatial framework for the research, subdivisions of earlier level III ecoregions that were originally compiled at a smaller scale (USEPA Bailey, R.G., Avers, P.E., King, T., and McNab, W.H., eds., 1994, Omernik, J.M., 1987, Ecoregions of the conterminous United States (map Barbara A. Kleiss (USACE, ERDC -Waterways Experiment Station), James M. ILLINOIS assessment, management, and monitoring of ecosystems and ecosystem components. By recognizing 2003, Omernik, 1987). This poster is part of a collaborative effort primarily between USEPA Region Ecoregions and subregions of the United States (map) (supplementary supplement): Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 77, no. 1, Omernik, (USEPA, retired), Thomas L. Foti (Arkansas Natural Heritage p. 118-125, scale 1:7,500,000. 71 the spatial differences in the capacities and potentials of ecosystems, ecoregions stratify the VII, USEPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (Corvallis, Oregon), table of map unit descriptions compiled and edited by McNab, W.H., and Commission), and Elizabeth O. Murray (Arkansas Multi-Agency Wetland Bailey, R.G.): Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Planning Team). 37° environment by its probable response to disturbance (Bryce and others, 1999). -
2016-2017 High School Visit Report
2016 - 2017 ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL VISIT REPORT 266 93 COLLEGE High School Visits FAIRS College Fairs Counselor Visits/Deliveries Award Ceremonies/Misc. Events COUNSELOR VISITS AND ARKANSAS DELIVERIES 11 RECRUITERS 42 AWARD ARKANSAS CEREMONIES 6,736 APPLICATIONS ARKANSAS 53 5,195 ADMITS ADDITIONAL EVENTS Compiled May 2017 2016 - 2017 HIGH SCHOOL VISITS AUGUST 2016 Harrison High School Atkins High School 9 HIGH SCHOOL VISITS Hazen High School Baptist Preparatory School Central High School (West Helena) Highland High School Bay High School Dermott High School Hoxie High School Bearden High School Drew Central High School Huntsville High School Bentonville High School KIPP Delta Collegiate High School Jonesboro High School Blytheville High School Lee Academy Kingston High School Booneville High School Marvell Academy Lakeside High School (Hot Springs) Brookland High School McGehee High School Lavaca High School Bryant High School Monticello High School Life Way Christian School Buffalo Island Central High School Star City High School Little Rock Christian Academy Cabot High School Magnolia High School Cedar Ridge High School SEPTEMBER 2016 Marion High School Central Arkansas Christian 67 HIGH SCHOOL VISITS Maynard High School Charleston High School Arkadelphia High School Mena High School Clarksville High School Arkansas High School Mount Ida High School Clinton High School Barton High School Nemo Vista High School Cossatot High School Batesville High School Nettleton High School Cross County High School Beebe High School Paragould High School -
DYESS COLONY REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN Dyess, Arkansas
DDYYEESSSS CCOOLLOONNYY RREEDDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT MMAASSTTEERR PPLLAANN Prepared for: Arkansas State University Jonesboro, Arkansas March 2010 Submitted by: DYESS COLONY REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN Dyess, Arkansas Prepared By: John Milner Associates, Inc. 535 North Church Street West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 Tom Scofield, AICP – Project Director Terry Necciai, AIA – Planner Katherine Farnham – Historian Michael Falstad/Joy Bunch – Architectural Graphics April 2010 Acknowledgements During the course of preparing the Dyess Colony Redevelopment Master Plan for Arkansas State University, JMA was supported by several individuals who gave generously of their time, insight, and information. In particular we would like to thank the following individuals for their guidance and knowledge: Dr. Ruth Hawkins, Director of Arkansas Heritage SITES, Arkansas State University Elizabeth Wiedower, Director, Arkansas Delta Rural Development Heritage Initiative Mayor Larry Sims and the Board of Aldermen, Town of Dyess, Arkansas Senator Steve Bryles, Arkansas State Legislature Linda Hinton, Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, Tyronza, Arkansas Soozi Williams, Delta Area Museum, Marked Tree, Arkansas Doris Pounders, The Painted House, Lepanto, Arkansas Aaron Ruby, Ruby Architects, Inc., North Little Rock, Arkansas Paula Miles, Project Manager, Arkansas Heritage SITES, Arkansas State University Moriah & Elista Istre, graduate students, Heritage Studies Program, Arkansas State University Mayor Barry Harrison, Blytheville. Arkansas Liz Smith, Executive Director, -
2020 Game and Fish Wildlife Conservation Education Grant
Wildlife Conservation Education Grant Program Funding Recommendations Report Fiscal Year 2020 Cycle 1 County Organization Narrative Requested Senator Representative Recommendation Arkansas DeWitt High School DeWitt High School received $2,500.00 to purchase $5,399.00 Jonathan Dismang David Hillman $2,500.00 equipment for ANASP. DeWitt High School DeWitt High School received $4,000.00 to purchase $8,596.16 Jonathan Dismang David Hillman $4,000.00 clays and targets for AYSSP. Stuttgart High School Stuttgart High School received $2,503.60 to purchase $15,791.33 Jonathan Dismang David Hillman $2,503.60 ammo, shooting vests, barrel rests, clays and hearing protection for AYSSP. Stuttgart High School Stuttgart High School received $2,000.00 to purchase $8,387.57 Jonathan Dismang David Hillman $2,000.00 duck boxes, education books, signs, game cameras, bat houses, and seeds for Project WILD. Dock and drone items were not approved for purchase. Arkansas County Arkansas County Conservation District received $12,000.00 Jonathan Dismang David Hillman $5,500.00 Conservation District $5,500.00 to purchase plants and materials to create school yard habitats for Holy Rosary Catholic School and St. John's Lutheran School and the rennovation of the DeWitt High School school yard habitat. County Account $16,503.60 5 record(s) totaling $16,503.60 Ashley Crossett School District Crossett School received $1,811.49 to purchase ammo, $5,360.00 Eddie Cheatham LeAnne Burch $1,811.49 clays, and battery for thrower for AYSSP. Portland Elementary Portland Elementary received $330.00 to purchase 2 $330.00 Eddie Cheatham LeAnne Burch $330.00 sets of Easton-Truflite arrows. -
Partnership Program 2007-2009 Disapproved List
Partnership Program 2007-2009 Disapproved List Projects identified as disapproved did not meet the selection criteria for the reason stated in the remarks column. These projects may be considered for Local Funding Initiatives. School districts may resubmit these partnership projects, after the next submission of their Master Plan, if the scope is re-aligned to support the school district master plan and it meets the criteria for partnership project submission. District LEA District Name School Name Project Number 501 Alpena Alpena K-12 0501-01 1002 Arkadelphia Central Primary 1002-109 1002 Arkadelphia Goza Middle School 1002-43 1002 Arkadelphia Goza Middle School 1002-99 1002 Arkadelphia High School 1002-90 1002 Arkadelphia Peake Elementary 1002-50 1002 Arkadelphia Peake Elementary 1002-51 1002 Arkadelphia Perritt Elementary 1002-105 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary 5801-58 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary 5801-59,115,127, 185,186 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-17,18,146, 147,67,68 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-19 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-20 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-59,115, 127,185,186 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-60 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-61,62,131,190 5801 Atkins Atkins Elementary School 5801-64,65,120 5801 Atkins Atkins High School 5801-189 5801 Atkins Atkins High School 5801-196 5801 Atkins Atkins Middle and High School 5801-121,176,138,128 5801 Atkins Atkins Middle School 5801-70,86,116,117 5801 Atkins Atkins Middle School 7401 Augusta Cotton Plant Elementary 7401-08 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob High School 7301-132 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob High School 7301-133 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob High School 7301-199 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-104 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-111 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-126 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-166 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-86 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-90 7301 Bald Knob Bald Knob Middle School 7301-94,173 7301 Bald Knob H. -
Greenbeard's Environmental Adventure
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is a government agency for the state of Arkansas. Our main office is in central Arkansas, but we have offices and inspectors located throughout the state. We gratefully acknowledge Our regulatory programs use of reference materials protect the land, air, and available from the: water. We issue permits • Arkansas Department of and monitor for Parks and Tourism compliance. • Arkansas Game and Fish We also offer information Commission and assistance so that • University of Arkansas everyone can protect the Cooperative Extension Service environment. • U.S. Department of the Interior • U.S. Forestry Service Published in 2006 on Follow Greenbeard’s journey to the treasures of Arkansas: recycled paper by the Public Outreach and Hot Springs National Park is located in Hot Springs (Garland County). Assistance Division www.nps.gov/hosp of ADEQ. The Crater of Diamonds State Park is near Murfreesboro (Pike County) Artwork created by in southwest Arkansas. www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com POA Graphic Artist, Blanchard Springs Caverns is near Mountain View (Stone County) in Diane Fowler. north Arkansas. www.fs.fed.us/oonf/ozark/recreation/caverns.html ADEQ Helpline The Buffalo National River flows through north Arkansas. The Tyler 501.682.0923 Bend Visitor Center, the main visitor center for the park, is located www.adeq.state.ar.us eleven miles north of Marshall (Searcy County). www.nps.gov/buff Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park is approximately 12 miles east of Little Rock near Scott (Pulaski County). www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks © 2006 Arkansas Department of The Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center is in Environmental Quality Pine Bluff’s Regional Park (Jefferson County). -
Noteworthy Geographic Distributional Record for the Milliped, Apheloria Virginiensis Reducta (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae), from the Arkansas Delta C
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 69 Article 28 2015 Noteworthy Geographic Distributional Record for the Milliped, Apheloria virginiensis reducta (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae), from the Arkansas Delta C. T. McAllister Eastern Oklahoma State College, [email protected] R. Tumlison Henderson State University H. W. Robison Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation McAllister, C. T.; Tumlison, R.; and Robison, H. W. (2015) "Noteworthy Geographic Distributional Record for the Milliped, Apheloria virginiensis reducta (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae), from the Arkansas Delta," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 69 , Article 28. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol69/iss1/28 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 69 [2015], Art. 28 A Noteworthy Geographic Distributional Record for the Milliped, Apheloria