Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
1895 - Little Rock

Little Rock, a city, the capital of Arkansas and of Pulaski co, is situated on the right or southern bank of the Arkansas River, about 280 miles from its mouth. Lat. 34° 42' N., lon. 92° 16' W. By railroad it is 134 miles W. by S. of Memphis, and 345 miles S.S.W. of St. Louis. It is on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, and is a terminus of the following railroads, viz., the Memphis & Little Rock, the Little Rock & Fort Smith, the Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas, and the Altheimer Branch of the St. Louis Southwestern. Little Rock is the most populous city in the state, and is pleasantly situated on a high bank or rocky bluff which commands an extensive view and is the first high land that touches the river above its mouth. Large steamboats can ascend the river to this place during 8 months in each year, and small steamboats can navigate it from Little Rock to Fort Smith, 300 miles. This city is the seat of the United States District Court for the state, and contains the state-house, the state library, a masonic temple, a university, a medical college, 5 literary male colleges, 2 female colleges (1 Catholic), 3 national banks, 9 private banks, 38 churches, 2 high schools, 6 public schools, and 98 manufacturing plants. The penitentiary is located here, as is also the state lunatic asylum, the school for the blind, and the deaf-mute institute. The city is lighted by electricity, has water-works with 4,000,000 gallons per day capacity, 22 miles of electric street-railway, and 2 bridges spanning the Arkansas River. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, who presides over the states of Arkansas and Texas. Several daily and weekly news papers are published here. Pop. in 1860, 3727; in 1870, 12,380; in 1880, 13,138; in 1890, 25,874.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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