Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for May 6, 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 6, 1861, the state convention voted to take Arkansas out of the Union and join the Confederacy. Only Isaac Murphy refusing to fall in line after delegates were pressed to make the vote appear unanimous.
On May 6, 1828, the Treaty of Washington with the Western Cherokee ceded Cherokee lands in Arkansas to the United States and pushed the Cherokee farther west…