Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for July 10, 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 10, 1864, Union forces of Company C, Third Arkansas Cavalry, fought Confederate troops near the mouth of the Petit Jean River in Yell County. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas lists the action as a Union victory, with no Union casualties and two Confederate deaths.
On July 10, 1927, Helena dedicated Arkansas’s first Spirit of the American Doughboy World War I memorial, after a nine-year fundraising effort. It remains near the Phillips County Courthouse in Helena-West Helena…