![]() The Quorum Court voted to name the village "Pine Bluff Town" on October 16, 1832. Īt the August 13, 1832, county election, the pine bluff settlement was chosen as the county seat. Jefferson County was established by the Territorial Legislature on November 2, 1829, and began functioning as a county April 19, 1830. In 1829 Thomas Phillips claimed a half section of land where Pine Bluff is located. 1824–1860: Antebellum era Īfter the Quapaw signed a treaty with the United States in 1824 relinquishing their title to all the lands which they claimed in Arkansas, many other American settlers began to join Bonne on the bluff. ![]() Joseph Bonne, a Métis fur trader and trapper of mixed Quapaw and colonial French ancestry, settled on this bluff in 1819. The high ground furnished settlers a safe haven from annual flooding. The city of Pine Bluff was founded on a high bank of the Arkansas River heavily forested with tall pine trees. By the time of encounter with Europeans, the historical Quapaw were the chief people in the area, having migrated from the Ohio River valley centuries before. They used the river for transportation as did European settlers after them, and for fishing. The area along the Arkansas River had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples of various cultures.
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