Miles Station House Fire Story

Article from the Arkansas Gazette about the burning in Miles Station (Ouachita County) of the shelter of an African American man who was thought to have smallpox.

"The Miles Station Burning" newspaper clipping

From the Arkansas Gazette, May 7, 1894

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Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Civil War to Gilded Age / Criminal Activities / Law / Race

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"Small-Pox Situation" newspaper clipping Reported Smallpox Lynching of 1894