Osceola

Arkansas, United States
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Osceola, city, southern seat (1832) of Mississippi county (the northern seat is Blytheville), northeastern Arkansas, U.S., on the Mississippi River, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1830 by William B. Edrington, who bartered the site (probably Plum Point) from the Indians and developed it as a refueling station for riverboats. It was named for Osceola, the famed Seminole chief, and developed as a processing and shipping point for crops (especially cotton and, later, soybeans) grown on rich alluvial deposits from the Mississippi. The manufacture of greeting cards, clothing, automotive products, processed foods, and ...(100 of 153 words)