Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail, 300 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72201, US

HistoryConstruction began on Arkansas's State House in 1833. It served as the State Capitol from 1836, when Arkansas became a state, until 1911, when the seat of government moved to the current State Capitol. The Speaker of the House of Representatives stabbed a state legislator to death on the floor of the House Chamber in 1837. The decision to secede from the Union was made here in 1861. The Brooks-Baxter War of 1874 centered around the State House. The first successful malaria eradication experiment was designed here in 1915. The Old State House opened to the public as a museum in 1951. Bill Clinton announced his campaign for the presidency from the Old State House in 1991 and held election-night watch parties here in 1992 and 1996. Henry Miller called the Greek Revival building

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