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"The rape fiend who was lynched by the people" newspaper clipping

Branch Lynching Article

"Race troubles near Star City are not feared" newspaper clipping

Briggs Lynching Article

Lake

Cane Creek Lake

Fenced off raised area with water on one side and grass and trees on the other

Cane Creek Levee

Building with sign and parking lot "Cane Creek State Park"

Cane Creek State Park

two white women kayaking amid some lily pads

Cane Creek State Park

map outlining Arkansas counties with red pin in southeast quadrant

Cane Creek State Park: Park Location

White tourists on suspended wooden walking bridge as seen from below

Cane Creek Hiking

Lake with tall

Cane Creek State Park

Tan building with American flag on pole and sign saying "Cane Creek State Park Visitor Information Center"

Cane Creek Visitor Center

White man in black suit with white woman in floral dress talking to old white man in suit and tie

Johnny Cash at Cummins

"A lynching and shooting" newspaper clipping

John Cotton Lynching Article

Tan brick church building with steeple with a cross at the top

Group of African-American men performing a baptism outdoors

Cummins Baptism

White prisoners in room with bunk beds

Cummins Barracks

Side view of prison wall with tower and multistory building with curved wall and roof

Barbed wire fence and grass field with prison buildings and water tower in the background

"Negro lynched by mob at Star City" newspaper clipping

Ellison Lynching Article

Road with trees

Entering Crigler

Road with trees

Entering Meroney

Road with trees

Entering Palmyra

Town grid and countryside as seen from above

Gould Aerial View

Multistory building with row of cars parked facing it

Single story wooden building beside railroad tracks

White woman and girl surrounded by pumpkins and trees with red truck and building in the background

"Shot to Death" newspaper clipping

George Harris Lynching Article

"Negro lynched near Star City" newspaper clipping

William Hunter Lynching Article

White man and African-American man with papers in vacant field

Irrigation Systems

Old white man wearing a hat in a suit using a shovel

Single-story brick building with a wall containing twelve windows

Lincoln High School

Three-story brick building with stone monuments and trees

Lincoln County Courthouse

Three-story building with street lamps and bushes lining sidewalk

Lincoln County Courthouse

Rust-colored metal rectangle engraved with names and locations

Lincoln County Lynching

"Lincoln County" map with borders roads cities waterways state park

Lincoln County Map

People on sidewalk outside single and multistory buildings on dirt street with horse drawn carriage in the foreground

Lincoln Street Scene

Portrait bearded white man seated at desk smiling disheveled hair suit bow tie

Abraham Lincoln

Book Cover "Long Line Rider"

Long Line Rider

Service station on dirt road with multistory building with clock tower in the background

Matthews Garage

Single-story building with white wood siding and steeple roof and columned entry way

Mt. Zion Presbyterian

"Bullets and Fire" newspaper clipping saying "A negro murdered and his body burned by a mob of his own race"

Nelson Lynching Article

"Expiated His Crime" newspaper clipping

William Owens Execution Article

Large grassy area with gravestones and trees

Palmyra Cemetery

Multistory tan and white church building

"Mobbed" newspaper clipping

Sharpe McNeil Lynching Story

Group portrait white men and women standing in river with onlookers on tree-lined riverbank

Star City Baptism

Single-story metal brick building with a chain-link fence in front

Star City Airport

City block with building with blue banner "City Hall"

Star City City Hall

Street with single-story storefronts soda advertisements and car

Star City Commercial Historic District

Brick storefronts on street with parked cars in front of them

Star City Commercial Historic District

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