Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for March 15, 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.
1674 (Arkansas Post region): French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reportedly reached the Arkansas Post area and met with Quapaw people during their Mississippi Valley travels, an early written-era encounter tied to what is now Arkansas history.
March 15, 1864: As Union strategy for the Red River/Camden operations took shape, Ulysses S. Grant sent direction that helped set Union Gen. Frederick Steele on the move that became the Camden Expedition—a major campaign whose Arkansas focal point was Camden (Ouachita County)…