Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for July 12, 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 12, 1838, a Cherokee removal detachment traveling by water left Little Rock aboard the lighter-draft Tecumseh; Arkansas Heritage’s Trail of Tears context says the party reached as far as Lewisburg, now Morrilton, before grounding.
On July 12, 1862, Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’s Army of the Southwest entered Helena, giving Federal forces a strategic Mississippi River base and effectively ending the Pea Ridge campaign’s long march across Arkansas…