Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for June 2, 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 June 2, 1825, the Osage Treaty was signed at St. Louis, ceding Osage claims involving lands in Missouri and Arkansas, a major Native land-title event affecting Arkansas’s territorial era.
On June 2, 1862, Gov. Henry M. Rector ordered Arkansas state troops transferred into Confederate service after Gen. Thomas C. Hindman took command in the Trans-Mississippi…