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War Memorial likewise holds the Arkansas High School football state championships, and Bookmarks beginning in the fall of 2006 hosts one video game each for the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Arkansas State College likewise plays at the arena every so often.

As the region seat of Pulaski County, the city was included on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographical facility in Central Arkansas The city obtained its name from a rock development along the river, named the "Little Rock" (le petit rocher) by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in 1722.

One of the state's biggest public employers, with over 10,552 employees, the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its medical care companions-- Arkansas Kid's Hospital and the Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System-- have an overall annual economic impact in Arkansas of around $5 billion.

Little Rock is home to the Arkansas Travelers They are the AA specialist Minor League Baseball associate of the Seattle Mariners in the Texas League 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.