Much of Whitehead's reputation rests on a newspaper article written as an eyewitness account which stated that Whitehead made a powered flight in Connecticut on August 14, 1901. In the months that followed, details from this article were widely reprinted in newspapers around the world.
Sponsored Topics. Sparkman is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 586 at the 2000 census. Sparkman is located at 33Â°55â²2â³N 92Â°50â²56â³W / 33.91722Â°N 92.84889Â°W / 33.91722; -92.84889 (33.917201, -92.848763). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 kmÂ²), all of it land.
Arkansas Highway 7 passes through the west side of Sparkman, leading north (with Highway 128) 10 miles (16 km) to Highway 8 at Dalark and south 27 miles (43 km) to Camden. According to the United States Census Bureau, Sparkman has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2), all of it land.