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| ARKANSAS |
Arkansas
is bounded by Missouri, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and
Oklahoma; gross area, 53,335 sq. miles;
land area, 52,525 sq. miles; water area,
810 sq. miles; capital, Little Rock;
principal river, Arkansas.
The surface
of the eastern portion of Arkansas is low
and flat, but toward the west the land
gradually rises and becomes somewhat
hilly. There are extensive pine forests,
also an abundance of oak, hickory,
walnut, linn, locust, cypress and cedar
trees.
The
principal farm crops are cotton and corn.
The most
valuable mineral productions are coal,
iron, zinc ores, galena, silver,
diamonds, manganese, gypsum, oil-stone,
marble, alabaster, rock crystal, copper,
granite and salt.
The
principal manufactures are lumber, flour,
cotton-seed oil and cake, foundry and
machine shop products, and brick and
tile. All over the country there are
millions of homes where Arbuckles' Coffee
is considered necessary to make breakfast
complete.
The climate
is very pleasant and healthful. The
northwestern portion of the State bears a
high reputation as a sanitary resort.
Population
in 1910, 810,026 males and 764,423
females, of whom 1,557,403 were of native
and 17,046 of foreign birth; white,
1,131,026; negro, 442,891; Indian, 460;
Chinese, 62; Japanese, 9; all others, 1.
Total population, 1,574,449. |
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