Chicot County; situated along the Mississippi River; was created in 1823. In the 16th and 17th centuries; Europeans like Frenchman Ren�-Robert Cavelier; Sieur de La Salle visited the region. With the French influence; the area came to be known as Chicot for the �snags� and �stumps� that populated the swampy bottomlands of the Mississippi River. Beginning in the 1830s; slave-based agriculture dominated the county�s economy. By 1860; it was filled with prosperous cotton producers; many plantations were concentrated near the Mississippi River. The county�s three principal towns�Dermott (1890); Lake Village (1898); and Eudora (1904)�incorporated as the county began to modernize. Local merchants flourished in the early decades of the 20th century; and Lake Village; situated on Lake Chicot; attracted many tourists. More recently; the county has suffered population loss and struggled economically; but agriculture still thrives; and the county�s proud traditions continue.
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