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1819 Territory Established 1820 General Assembly Meets 1821 Little Rock Chosen as Capital 1822 Indian Peace Treaty 1823 Election and Taxation 1824 Expansion 1825 New Governor Appointed 1826 Progress 1827 Political Controversy and Duels 1828 Final Indian Treaty 1829 New Officials and Land Sales 1830 Newspaper Competition 1831 Plans for the Capitol 1832 Little Rock and National Politics 1833 Plans for Statehood and State House 1834 Clearing the River 1835 A New Governor and a Crime Wave 1836 Statehood 1837 State Bank and Texas 1838 Treasury Troubles and the Trail of Tears 1839 Religion 1840 "Modern" Presidential Campaign 1841 Population Growth 1842 Bank Failure 1843 New Newspaper 1845 National Expansion 1846 War with Mexico 1847 The Dynasty 1848 Peace, Politics and Gold 1849 Gold Fever 1850 Sectional Conflicts 1851 Agriculture 1852 The Promise of Railroads 1853 Woodruff Retires from Public Life 1854 Fire 1855 Victory over the Bank 1856 Elections 1857 Local Progress, National Problems 1858 Railroad Opens for Business 1859 Education 1860 Shadow of Fear 1861 Civil War