4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (306+ words) 1863 — Union troops capture Confederate Gen. Jeff Thompson at Pocahontas. During the Pocahontas Expedition, Union cavalry raided Pocahontas in Randolph County on August 24, 1863, and captured Missouri State Guard Brig. Gen. Meriwether "Jeff" Thompson. The expedition, involving several Missouri units and the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (196+ words) Lawrence Brooks Hays — born August 9, 1898, London, Arkansas. Hays served in the U.S. House of Representatives, advised Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was an influential political, religious and civic…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (490+ words) 1884 — An early Arkansas women’s newspaper adopted a new name. The Little Rock publication originally called the Ladies’ Little Rock Journal became the Arkansas Ladies’ Journal on August 8, 1884. It was renamed the Southern Ladies’ Journal in 1886. The weekly publication carried literature,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (115+ words) On July 20, 1790, when Ignace Delino de Chalmette assumed command at Arkansas Post, a site closely tied to nearby Quapaw villages. On July 20, 1861, the Ninth Arkansas Infantry was organized at Pine Bluff, drawing heavily from southeast Arkansas counties. It became a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (119+ words) On July 15, 1914, John Arthur Tillman was hanged at Paris in Logan County, the last execution by hanging in Arkansas and the last county-run execution before the state centralized executions. On July 15, 1973, the chapel at the Arkansas Children’s Home and Hospital…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (345+ words) Magnolia Reporter Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for July 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…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (187+ words) 1883 — Fort Smith triple execution. William H. Finch, Martin Joseph and Tee-o-lit-es, identified as a Native American man, were hanged at Fort Smith after murder convictions in Judge Isaac Parker’s federal court for crimes in Indian Territory. 1892 — Lee County lynching. Robert…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) On June 20, 1542, Hernando de Soto’s expedition crossed into Caddo country in what is now southwest Arkansas, one of the earliest written European descriptions of the Caddo people and the region. During the Civil War, Confederate Missourians under Col. John B....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (150+ words) The Arkansas Laminating property on Shanhouse Street in Magnolia, labeled as TexasCLT on this Google Earth map. The parking lot at S&S Home Center on East Main is being resurfaced. Projects such as these add value to Magnolia businesses....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (247+ words) Former Parkers Chapel School Superintendent John Edward Gross died May 28, 2026. EL DORADO — The Parkers Chapel community is mourning the loss of longtime educator, coach and administrator John Edward Gross, whose decades of service helped shape generations of students and families…...