Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for July 7, with notable births and deaths of people with Arkansas connections for this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other media archives, and legal records. Much of this information comes from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, an online publication. ChatGPH has collected this data.
On July 7, 1856, a white mob lynched enslaved men Aaron and Anthony near Fayetteville, an antebellum racial-terror killing recorded by the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
On July 7, 1862, Union forces won the Action at Hill’s Plantation, also known as Cotton Plant, in Woodruff County. The victory helped Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis’s army continue toward Helena and ended Confederate hopes of trapping the Union column after Pea Ridge…