Lonoke County

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Church building with steeple and covered entrance inside iron fence
All Souls Church
All Souls Church at 4601 Walkers Corner Road in Scott (Pulaski and Lonoke counties) is a Gothic Revival–styl...
"Lonoke County" map with borders roads cities
Allport (Lonoke County)
Allport is a town on Highway 165 in southern Lonoke County located two miles west of Humnoke (Lonoke County). ...
Street with "Austin City Hall" sign and brick building with gas station in the background
Austin (Lonoke County)
Austin is a second-class city situated in northern Lonoke County. The railroad was responsible for moving the ...
"A tale of horror" newspaper clipping
Lynching of the Biscoe Family
In early February 1892, Hamp Biscoe (or Bisco), his pregnant wife, and his thirteen-year-old son were killed i...
"Legally dead" newspaper clipping
Jonas Bogard (Execution of)
Jonas (sometimes called Joe) Bogard was a Black man hanged at Lonoke (Lonoke County) on August 27, 1884, after...
Cartoon of a family with presents on book cover with black text "How Come Christmas"
Roark Bradford (1896–1948)
Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford was a popular journalist, novelist, and short story writer of the twentieth c...
White men in military uniform posing with a car
William Claude Bradford (1885–1926)
William Claude Bradford served as assistant adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard and an officer of ...
Portrait white male U S Army officer with medal of honor smiling gazing off into distance
"Footsie" Britt (1919–1995)
aka: Maurice Lee Britt
aka: Morris Britt
Maurice Lee “Footsie” Britt was an Arkansas native who rose to ...
Two white women sitting and one white woman standing wearing skirts and dresses and talking in room with rows of chairs
Terri Utley Amos Britt (1961–)
Terri Britt, who was Terri Utley at the time, was named Miss Arkansas USA in 1982, going on to win the title o...
Side view of single-story church building with steeple on A-frame roof with flag poles sign on street and parking lot
Brownsville (Lonoke County)
Brownsville served as the county seat of Prairie County for approximately twenty-two years. Located on the Mem...
Scout from Brownsville (January 17–19, 1864)
A party of Union soldiers from Brownsville (Lonoke County) headed north on January 17, 1864, to connect with t...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at Brownsville (August 25, 1863)
A brief and inconsequential engagement during the Federal campaign to take Little Rock (Pulaski County), this ...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at Brownsville (July 13–14, 1864)
  On July 13, 1864, a detachment of Confederate forces from Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby’s comman...
"Swung Into Eternity" newspaper clipping
Henry Burnett (Execution of)
Henry Burnett was a young African American man hanged near Lonoke (Lonoke County) on August 27, 1885, for the ...
"All on one limb" newspaper clipping
Butlerville Lynching of 1882
On June 1, 1882, three African Americans named Joseph Earl, Taylor Washington, and Thomas Humphreys were hange...
Elevated view of streetscape including various buildings parking lots streetlights and trees
Cabot (Lonoke County)
In 2009, BusinessWeek designated the northern Lonoke County city of Cabot as an “Arkansas boomtown” and li...
"Arkansas is natural" hot air balloon on street with crowd
Cabotfest
Cabotfest, an annual celebration hosted by the city of Cabot (Lonoke County), was first held in 1978 to commem...
iron gate and sign "Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery" in front of field with gravestones
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, located approximately four miles southeast of Cabot (Lonoke County), is the ...
Trucks parked along busy street with men standing around them and cars passing by
Carlisle (Lonoke County)
Carlisle, a bedroom community outside the metropolitan area of Little Rock (Pulaski County), lays claim to bei...
Newspaper front page "Carlisle Independent"
Carlisle Independent
The Carlisle Independent, based in Carlisle (Lonoke County), began in 1905 under Thomas P. Young. Young worked...
Single-story gymnasium building with covered porch on grass
Carver Gymnasium
The Carver Gymnasium, located at 400 Ferguson Street in Lonoke (Lonoke County), is the last remaining structur...
"Negro taken from constable killed" newspaper clipping
Sam Cates (Lynching of)
On September 12, 1917, a twenty-five-year-old African-American man named Sam Cates was lynched near England (L...
Young black man in jersey holding basketball beside two white men in suits and a white woman singing into microphone to his left an older white man in vest and image of same young black man scoring a basketball goal to his right
Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton (1922–1990)
Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton was an early pioneer in professional basketball, playing in the National Ba...
Wood frame building with metal roof boarded windows overgrown vines and water tanks by road
Coy (Lonoke County)
The story of Coy is the same as that of many rural Arkansas communities that have almost disappeared since the...
White man with stubbled beard sitting in backwards cap and jacket with his hands clasped under his chin
Daddy and Them
Daddy and Them is a comedy-drama written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton that stars Thornton and Laura Dern...
Red car parked outside brick storefront with covered entrance and balcony
Dairyman's Bank Building
The Dairyman’s Bank Building located in Carlisle (Lonoke County) was constructed around 1901. Established as...
"Lynched for hog stealing" newspaper clipping
Alford Davis (Lynching of)
In early January 1894, Alford “Alf” Davis, an African American man, was hanged by a mob in Lonoke County f...
Portrait "Paul Daffy Dean" baseball player white man in uniform throwing motion focused expression
Paul Dean (1913–1981)
aka: Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean
Like his brother, Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean, Paul Dee “Daffy” ...
Skirmish near Dudley Lake (December 16, 1864)
aka: Scout from Brownsville (December 15–18, 1864)
The December 16, 1964, Skirmish near Dudley Lake took place during ...
"Tragic death of a well connected young man on a Hunting Expedition" newspaper clipping
Eagle Murders of 1873
On November 6, 1873, George Alexander “Dock” Eagle, his son Will, and his nephew Robert J. (R. J.) Eagle w...
White man with beard in suit and bow tie
Eagle-Booe Feud
On April 25, 1898, three men were shot to death in Lonoke (Lonoke County). These killings—and the conflicts ...
Complex of buildings in rows with water tower and airstrip
Eberts Training Field
Established next to the town of Lonoke in 1917, during World War I, Eberts Field ranked second among aviation ...