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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Texarkana, Texas, DeKalb, Texas, Maud, Texas, New Boston, Texas, Red Lick, Texas, Hooks, Texas, Wake Village, Texas, Redwater, Texas, Nash, Texas, Leary, Texas, Texarkana metropolitan area, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana College, Pleasant Grove Independent School District, Hooks Independent School District, Wright Patman Lake, Red River Army Depot, Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Spring Hill, Bowie County, Texas, Texas State Highway Spur 74, Le Poste des Cadodaquious, Dalby Springs, Texas, Texarkana Independent School District, Texas State Highway Spur 86, Wright Patman Dam, Liberty-Eylau Independent School District, New Boston Independent School District, Maud Independent School District, Hubbard, Bowie County, Texas, Simms Independent School District, Hubbard Independent School District, Redwater Independent School District, Simms, Texas, DeKalb Independent School District, Red Lick Independent School District, Malta Independent School District, Leary Independent School District, Malta, Texas, OKTXAR Corner. Excerpt: The Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is a two-county region anchored by the twin cities of Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas, and encompassing the surrounding communities in Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 137,486 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 229,355). Map of the city in 1888 Texarkana was founded in 1873 on the junction of two railroads. The name is a portmanteau of TEXas, ARKansas, and nearby LouisiANA. One tradition tells of a Red River steamboat named The Texarkana, circa 1860. Another story mentions a storekeeper named Swindle in Red Land, Louisiana who con...