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White man with dark hair in suit and bow tie

Dirt road and field with large brick building cars trees and water tower in background

Arkansas Cumberland College

Long two story brick building with covered sidewalk

Arlington Hotel

Tall African-American man in "Ozarks 11" basketball uniform with ball

Sylvester Benson

small waterfall in middle of dense green forest

Big Piney Creek Waterfall

White man in suit with bushy beard

Castle like building with stone walls rounded corner towers and wheelchair ramp

Bunch-Walton Post 22 American Legion Hut

Weathered tombstones with corresponding letters

Cedar Grove Cemetery

Downtown parade with marching band soldiers spectators brick buildings "rexall drugs westinghouse coca cola."

Clarksville Armistice Day Parade

Weathered obelisk shaped monument in cemetery

Clarksville Confederate Monument

Men transporting cotton bales with horse-drawn wagons on town road

Clarksville Cotton

Single story brick building beside railroad tracks

Clarksville Depot

Three white male workers standing near pumps at a brick gas station under sign saying "continental oil co."

Clarksville Gas Station

Brick school building with covered porch

Clarksville High School Building No. 1

Brick building with chimney and tractor

Clarksville High School Building No. 1 (back)

Two-story brick building with rectangular windows and square panes on street

Clarksville National Guard Armory

Close-up of two-story brick building with flag pole on street

Clarksville National Guard Armory Entrance

Two-story brick building with trees and sign above its front door

Clarksville National Guard Armory

Multicolored street scene painting hanging in hallway

Clarksville Post Office Art

Two-story brick building with columns and arched windows on street corner

Clarksville Presbyterian Church

Single-story building with wood siding and hip roof on street

Clarksville Skating Rink

Street corner with men seated near cars and standing outside "Clarksville's greatest value store"

Clarksville Street Scene

multi story "John C Hill 1883" brick building dirt road gazebo cars horse carriages audience

Clarksville Street Scene

View of town square with gazebo in the foreground and multistory buildings around it

Clarksville Street Scene

White residents walking on sidewalk by storefronts under signs past parked cars

Clarksville Street Scene

White men standing and sitting on sidewalk in front of multistory stone building

Clarksville Street Scene

Statue of white man in military uniform with binoculars on stone pedestal

Patrick Cleburne Statue

Young white women in cheerleader uniforms at entrance arch with words "College of the Ozarks"

College of the Ozarks Cheerleaders

Young white girls in matching uniforms standing in line with their hands on each other's waist

College of the Ozarks Girls' Basketball

"Unequaled Brutality" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"Modern Horrors" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"Penitentiary" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"The Coal Hill Convicts" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

Painting of multistory town buildings and trees and hills in the background

Cumberland College

Multistory brick building with covered entrance behind denuded trees

Group photo before the altar at a Catholic church, seven white boys in suits holding candles, two white girls in dresses, veils

Hartman Catholic Church

Waterfall seen from behind with cave and green trees

Wooden sign with yellow lettering and lake with tree covered hills

Three-story stone building with arched entrances and parking lot

Johnson County Courthouse

"Farewell" newspaper clipping

Johnson County Executions Story

"Johnson County" map with borders roads cities waterways national forest

Johnson County Map

Multistory red brick building with three men in suits standing outside

Portrait painting younger white man hair brushed sideways three quarter view with suit and cravat

Benjamin Johnson

"Swift Justice" newspaper clipping

Charles Jones Execution Article

"Lee Key an obstreperous Negro killed by masked man in Johnson county" newspaper clipping

Lee Key Lynching Mention

Drawing of white man with high white collar and black jacket

Two story brick home with columns, balcony, arched windows and door, viewed from front yard with tree

Arch McKennon Home

Large group of white children and adults in front of wooden building

Looking down a walking bridge spanning a creek with netting on both sides of the bridge and wooded area at the far end

Mulberry River Bridge

"Lynch Law" newspaper clipping

Hemp Neal Lynching Article

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