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Pine Bluff

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Pine Bluff city (1990 pop. 57,140), seat of Jefferson co., S central Ark., on the Arkansas River; inc. 1839. It is a port and trade center for an agricultural area and has industries producing metal, wood, and paper products; machinery; electrical equipment; and foods. It is also a research center and the seat of the Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Of economic importance to the city is the huge Pine Bluff Arsenal to the north; established during World War II, it is the center of U.S. army chemical, biological, and toxicological research. Pine Bluff has an arts and science center and a civic complex designed by Edward Durell Stone .

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Pine Bluff

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Pine Bluff, Arkansas/USA Mount Marie Settled in 1819 on bluffs overlooking the Arkansas River and renamed in 1832 because of the presence of huge pine trees in the area. There is a city called Pine Bluffs in Wyoming.

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	Tourism plays significant role in Pine Bluff's economy. Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 3/28/2005
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