Volume 13 , Issue 25

Arkansas Territory Organized

It was 2 March 1819, when the territory of Arkansas was created. It included nearly all of the region extending from the Mississippi River westward to the 100th meridian between 30° 30ʹ of north latitude, except that part which lay to the south of the Red River, thus including nearly all of Oklahoma.

At different times between 1819 and 1829, the territorial Legislative Assembly of Arkansas defined the boundaries of counties in the region which subsequently formed parts of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek Nations.

The eastern boundary of Oklahoma, from the Red River north to the Arkansas, was surveyed in 1826 in compliance with the provisions of the Choctaw treaty of 1825. From the Arkansas north to the southwest corner of Missouri, it was surveyed in accordance with the terms of the Cherokee treaty of 1828. All white settlers west of these lines were required to move father east where they were permitted to select other lands instead of those thus abandoned.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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