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==History== Prairie County has always been important to Arkansas for the transportation of people and goods throughout the state. Initially, it was the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]] that gave the agricultural county its importance for transport, since waterways were the primary means of long-distance transportation in the period before the development of [[railroad]]s. Prairie County was cut from [[Arkansas County, Arkansas|Arkansas]], [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski]], [[Monroe County, Arkansas|Monroe]], [[St. Francis County, Arkansas|St. Francis]], and [[White County, Arkansas|White]] counties in 1846 and included present-day [[Lonoke County, Arkansas|Lonoke County]].<ref name="pra">{{ Cite encyclopedia |last= Sickel |first= Marilyn Hambrick |title= Prairie County |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=802 |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture |publisher= [[Butler Center for Arkansas Studies]] at the [[Central Arkansas Library System]] |date= September 6, 2012 |access-date= January 11, 2014 }}</ref> European settlement in Prairie County came in the 19th century, with Jacob M. DeVall and his son, Chappel, becoming the first recorded settlers around DeVall's Bluff according to 1851 tax records. ===Civil War=== [[File:Duvall's Bluffs, Prairie Co., Arkansas. Depot of supplies of the Army of the Southwest.jpg|thumb|left|DeVall's Bluff during the Civil War.]] During the [[American Civil War]], the city was a trading center on the White River, which continued to be the primary shipping corridor when the [[Arkansas River]] was innavigable. A railroad connection between [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]] and DeVall's Bluff gave the city further strategic importance. Union forces traveling up the White from [[Arkansas Post, Arkansas|Arkansas Post]] under the command of Brigadier General [[Willis Gorman]] captured DeVall's Bluff on January 18, 1863. However, the Union forces eventually returned to Arkansas Post, and the city returned to Confederate control. Following the capture of Little Rock, Union cavalry led by Brigadier General [[John Wynn Davidson|John W. Davidson]] joined with gunboats under the command of Lieutenant [[George Bache]] in [[Clarendon, Arkansas|Clarendon]] on August 9, 1863, and traveled up the White River to capture DeVall's Bluff. Major General [[Frederick Steele]] proceeded to DeVall's Bluff from [[Helena-West Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], and the city was used to house supplies and injured Union soldiers for the remainder of the war.<ref>{{ Cite encyclopedia |last= Sesser |first= David |title= Capture of Des Arc and DeValls Bluff |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6686 |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]] |publisher= Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System |date= September 6, 2012 |access-date= January 11, 2014 }}</ref> <!-- [[File:Downtown_DeValls_Bluff,_AR.jpg|left|thumb|Downtown DeVall's Bluff, March 2013]] -->
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