Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for April 22, 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 April 22, 1874, Governor Elisha Baxter told President Ulysses S. Grant he would call the legislature into session to resolve the rival claims to Arkansas’s governorship, and Grant replied that he approved a peaceful settlement. That exchange helped move the state away from open armed conflict and toward the end of Reconstruction-era Republican rule in Arkansas.
On April 22, 1903, Crossett was incorporated as a town…