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** Arkansas **​ Arkansas is an amazing state!!! The first European to visit Arkansas was Henardo De Soto. Arkansas' oldest state festival is the Duck calling contest. Arkansas is the lead rice growing state in the United States for ten years. Johnny Cash was born in Arkansas. Sam Walton was born in Arkansas and started Wal-Mart around the country. Arkansas state record was finding an alligator weighing 215 pounds. Arkansas also found a beaver weighing 156 pounds. Arkansas has some cool town names called Greasy Corner, Smackover, and Snowball. A town in Arkansas called Texarkana is from Texas, Arkansas, and Lousiana. During the Civil war part of Arkansas wanted slaves and the other half didn't want the slaves. Arkansas has more than 120 stores with the name Razorbacks in it. I hope you learned a lot of cool facts about Arkansas.

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