Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
The name Arkansas is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw word meaning "land of downriver people". The pronunciation "arkansaw" was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881.
The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area had 829,032 people in the 2006 census estimates and is the largest in Arkansas.
[LITTLE ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, November 10, 1860, p. 2, c. 6
The Theater. - For the past week this place of public amusement has been well attended and the plays creditably presented. Mrs. Pennoyer not only sustains her former well earned reputation, but gives evidence of the improvement which comes of study and devotion to her profession. Mr. Wallace is a very good actor (we have seen far worse doing the leading business in large Theaters.) His fault is that occasionally he employs too much lung-power, and sometimes over acts: His presentation of "Carwin" in the "Orphan of Geneva" was an entire success; we have never seen the character better impersonated. Mr. Campbell, the Comedian, is a good actor, well educated in his profession, and already a great favorite. The dancing of Miss Leslie is the greatest attraction - always well received, and always encored by an appreciative audience. There are other members of the company deserving of notice - they will be attended to hereafter.
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