An affordable option. The attraction of home-center tractors, of course, is the price but Deere fans will be happy to hear there's an in-between choiceâthe John Deere Sport Series S240 âthat's not a compromise. You can buy it at the dealer for $2,500.
Fast Facts: Arkansas Fun Facts and Trivia. Flag: A diamond on a red field represents the only place in North America where diamonds have been discovered and mined. The twenty-five white stars around the diamond mean that Arkansas was the twenty-fifth state to join the Union. The top of four stars in the center represents that Arkansas was a member of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Arkansas Became a State. June 15, 1836. Arkansas, rich in cotton, was a slave-holding state. During the Civil War, it became a Confederate state. Many battles took place within its borders, such as the siege of Fayetteville. Years of racial segregation ended in Arkansas in 1957, when federal troops entered the capital city of Little Rock to maintain order after the state militia tried to stop the desegregation of a public high school there.