Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial

Room 22, State Capitol
Little Rock, AR, 722201
501-682-3472

URL : http://www.lapurchase.org

overview : President Thomas Jefferson purchased the vast territory of Louisiana from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States. The new land was an unmapped wilderness. - The people of Arkansas take great pride in their state's history as part of the Louisiana Purchase and the starting point for the surveyors who explored and mapped the frontier. - The office of the Arkansas Secretary of State is the official coordinator of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial of Arkansas.