Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for May 29, 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 May 29, 1857, Willis Beard was hanged at Van Buren in Crawford County for killing a man in the Indian Territory.
On May 29, 1897, what the Encyclopedia of Arkansas terms the “Nevada County Race War of 1897” erupted near Prescott when white employees of the Sayre Lumber Company attacked Black laborers’ quarters on May 29. No one was killed…