Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for May 14, 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 14, 1828, the steamboat Car of Commerce suffered a boiler explosion on the Mississippi River north of Osceola.
On May 13–14, 1864, a Union expedition from Helena to Council Bend exposed black-market activity around the Federal post at Helena…