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State of Arkansas Posters, Art Prints, Photographs, & Maps
for educators, home schoolers; themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > NA > US > Southern States > Arkansas < social studies
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Arkansas, known as the “The Natural State” joined the Union on June 15, 1836 as the 25th state. The Arkansas state motto is “Regnat populus”, The people rule.
Arkansas, in the West South Central Region, has an eastern border of the Mississippi River with Tennesee & Mississippi, Louisiana to the south, Texas and Oklahoma to the west and Missouri to the north. The highest mountain in Arkansas is Mount Magazine, at 2,753 feet above sea level in the Ozark National Forest (Logan Co.); the lowest point is the Ouachita River.
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Apple Blossoms is the state flower for Arkansas and the Honey Bee is the Arkansas state insect.
The honey bee is important as a principal pollinator of crops and for producing honey. The apple tree is one of the most widely cultivated fruit trees, and the apple figures prominately in mythology, folklore and history.
• botany posters
• insect posters
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The Mockingbird is best known for its habit of mimicking the songs of other birds - mocking them. Mockingbirds eat berries, seeds and insects, prefer to perch in high places and will vigorously defend their nests. The Northern Mockingbird is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America and is also the state bird of Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
• bird posters
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Pine is the Arkansas State Tree. Almost all of Arkansas was forested with many different kinds of trees before the railroads made large scale logging operations profitable in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leaving many areas “logged out.” Today there is more than 5 million acres of pine and mixed-pine forest in Arkansas.
• trees posters
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Aerial of the Buffalo River in the Ozark Mountains
• more river posters
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Hot Springs is the oldest area currently in the National Park System – 40 years older than Yellowstone National Park. It was established by Congress as the Hot Springs Reservation on April 20, 1832 to protect hot springs flowing from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain.
• more national parks posters
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