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War Memorial likewise holds the Arkansas High School football state championships, and starting in the fall of 2006 hosts one game apiece for the College of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Arkansas State College also dips into the stadium every now and then.

As the area seat of Pulaski Region, the city was included on November 7, 1831, on the south financial institution of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center in Central Arkansas The city acquired its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" (le petit rocher) by the French traveler Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in 1722.

Among the state's largest public companies, with over 10,552 staff members, the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its medical care partners-- Arkansas Kid's Hospital and the Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System-- have an overall annual financial influence in Arkansas of around $5 billion.

little rock arkansas potholes Rock is home to the Arkansas Travelers They are the AA specialist Minor League Baseball associate of the Seattle Mariners in the Texas Organization The Travelers played their last video game in Little Rock at Ray Winder Area on September 3, 2006, and relocated right into Dickey-Stephens Park in nearby North Little Rock in April 2007.