1829 — The Arkansas Gazette announced on this day that the Postmaster
General had ordered the name of Washington Courthouse in the Arkansas
Territory to be changed to Fayetteville. "Persons writing to that place
should direct their letters to 'Fayetteville, Washington County, A.T.,'
otherwise they may be sent to Washington, the Seat of Justice of
Hempstead County."
1836 — The first state legislature passed an act
on this day to incorporate the town of Fayetteville. The first
alderman, the equivalent of a mayor today, was P. Vinson Rhea.
1992 — On this day, William Jefferson Clinton became the second former
Fayetteville resident to be elected president of the United States.