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=====Land Transfer Events to Statehood (1836)=====

1803    Included in the Louisiana Purchase from France.

1804    Louisiana Purchase organized into the "District of Louisiana" and the
        Territory of Orleans (Louisiana).

1805    "District of Louisiana" reorganized as Territory of Louisiana.

1812    Territory of Louisiana reorganized into Missouri Territory (aka The Indian Country).

1819    Arkansas Territory organized from Missouri Territory.
	Consists of Arkansas and majority of Oklahoma.

1824    Indian Territory (majority of Oklahoma) created from Arkansas
        Territory.  Remaining Arkansas Territiory consists of Arkansas.

1836    Arkansas admitted to the Union as 25th State.

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12/1998 M.A.Leonard, Last Update-01/02/2006