Исторические события Арканзаса 13 августа: от Гражданской войны до убийства председателя Демпартии

Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for August 13, 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. 1862 — Union troops began withdrawing from Clarendon. During the Civil War’s Clarendon Expedition, Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey considered advancing toward Little Rock but instead began marching his Union force back toward Helena on August 13. The August 4–17 operation secured Clarendon as an important White River port and Federal supply point; three Union soldiers were killed and two wounded during the expedition. 1888 — Waldo was incorporated. The Columbia County railroad and lumber town of Waldo was formally incorporated on August 13, 1888. Its position on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway helped it develop into an important lumber, agricultural and trading center for southwestern Columbia County and neighboring Lafayette County. 1943 — Baxter County’s new courthouse opened. The Baxter County Courthouse at Mountain Home opened during the week of August 13, 1943. Designed by Fayetteville architect T. Ewing Shelton, the restrained Depression-era building was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 2008 — Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill Gwatney was assassinated. A gunman entered the party’s Little Rock headquarters and shot Gwatney, a former state senator who was preparing to attend the Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate. Gwatney died later that day; investigators never established a clear motive. LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH 1998 — Decatur Police Chief Richard Leon Duncan was killed in a head-on collision while driving his canine unit. Duncan, 56, had served the Decatur Police Department for approximately 14 years. NOTABLE BIRTHS Joycelyn Elders, born August 13, 1933, in Schaal, Howard County — Physician, educator, Army veteran and public-health administrator who became the first African American and second woman to serve as surgeon general of the United States. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, born August 13, 1982, in Little Rock — Political strategist, former White House press secretary and governor of Arkansas. NOTABLE DEATHS Helen Gurley Brown, died August 13, 2012 — Born in Green Forest, Brown became the author of Sex and the Single Girl and transformed Cosmopolitan during more than three decades as its editor. She died in New York at age 90.