We looked at the demographics and agribusiness. It was neat to walk around the University of Arkansas! We learned that the Arkansas River is a tributary to the Mississippi River!
We learned about the heroes of Central High today. 9 students that dared to go to a desegregated high school in 1957. An amazing story. We saw the capital building which is a small version of our capital building in Washington D.C. We learned a lot about the area and the history!
Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the State of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County and had a city population of 184,422 in the 2006 census estimates. It and North Little Rock, Arkansas are co-principal cities of the six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with a population of 652,834 people, according to 2006 census estimates. The MSA is in turn included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 829,032 in the 2006 census estimates.
Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called La Petite Roche (the "little rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing.
