Little Rock
See also: Littlerock
The town of Little Rock is the capital of the State of the Arkansas, with the the United States, the seat of the Comté of Pulaski and more the big city of the State. It is crossed by the river Arkansas.
Population (2005): 184 564 inhabitants. Agglomeration including/understanding the towns of North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville account more than 650.000 inhabitants, which makes the principal agglomeration of Arkansas of it.
History
In 1722, the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard of the Toothing-stone builds a commercial relay with the place known as " small the roche". In 1812, the trapper William Lewis builds a house on the same site.In 1821, Little Rock becomes the capital of the Territories of Arkansas, founded in 1819. The Arkansas becomes a State in 1836 and Little Rock its capital.
After the Crisis of Little Rock (1957 - 1959), and in spite of the reserves of the white population and the governor Orval Faubus, the segregation in the schools is abolished.
Monuments
The building which shelters the services of the State d' Arkansas is the counterpart, in smaller, of Capitole of the federal capital, Washington, cd..Inaugurated the October 18th 2004, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center is a library gathering of the documents and objects related to the presidency of Bill Clinton, native and governor of Arkansas. The center includes/understands a counterpart of the Oval office of the White House. The building was designed by the architect James Polshek.
Industry
It is in 1974, in Little Rock that Dassault Aviation installed its factory of completion of the business aircrafts Falcon. Convoyed " green " (in annealed glass painting) since the France, they on the spot receive all their final equipment, interior installations and painting according to the request of the customers.
Sport
The Arkansas Twisters are a frankness from American football in room of the Arena Football League. It was created in 2000 and play in residence with ALLTEL Arena (18 000 places).The Arkansas RimRockers which evolve/move with ALLTEL Arena are a team of Basket-ball of NBA Development League.
The Arkansas Travelers which play since 2007 with the Dickey-Stephens Park (5000 places) are a team of Baseball of minor league (A).
On the level of the university sport, the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans defend the colors of the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in the competitions organized by NCAA in Division I-A (Sun Belt Conference), more the high level of the university sport with the the United States. Trojans do not have a team of American football.
Twinnings
Births
- Douglas Mac Arthur in 1880,
- Elizabeth Eckford in 1942,
- Chelsea Clinton in 1980.
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