Lonoke County

All Souls Church
All Souls Church at 4601 Walkers Corner Road in Scott (Pulaski and Lonoke counties) is a Gothic Revival–styl...
Allport (Lonoke County)
Allport is a town on Highway 165 in southern Lonoke County located two miles west of Humnoke (Lonoke County). ...
Austin (Lonoke County)
Austin is a second-class city situated in northern Lonoke County. The railroad was responsible for moving the ...
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...
Roark Bradford (1896–1948)
Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford was a popular journalist, novelist, and short story writer of the twentieth c...
William Claude Bradford (1885–1926)
William Claude Bradford served as assistant adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard and an officer of ...
"Footsie" Britt (1919–1995)
aka: Maurice Lee Britt
aka: Morris Britt
Maurice Lee “Footsie” Britt was an Arkansas native who rose to ...
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...
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...
Skirmish at Brownsville (August 25, 1863)
A brief and inconsequential engagement during the Federal campaign to take Little Rock (Pulaski County), this ...
Skirmish at Brownsville (July 13–14, 1864)
  On July 13, 1864, a detachment of Confederate forces from Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby’s comman...
Henry Burnett (Execution of)
Henry Burnett was a young African American man hanged near Lonoke (Lonoke County) on August 27, 1885, for the ...
Butlerville Lynching of 1882
On June 1, 1882, three African Americans named Joseph Earl, Taylor Washington, and Thomas Humphreys were hange...
Cabot (Lonoke County)
In 2009, BusinessWeek designated the northern Lonoke County city of Cabot as an “Arkansas boomtown” and li...
Cabotfest
Cabotfest, an annual celebration hosted by the city of Cabot (Lonoke County), was first held in 1978 to commem...
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, located approximately four miles southeast of Cabot (Lonoke County), is the ...
Carlisle (Lonoke County)
Carlisle, a bedroom community outside the metropolitan area of Little Rock (Pulaski County), lays claim to bei...
Carlisle Independent
The Carlisle Independent, based in Carlisle (Lonoke County), began in 1905 under Thomas P. Young. Young worked...
Carver Gymnasium
The Carver Gymnasium, located at 400 Ferguson Street in Lonoke (Lonoke County), is the last remaining structur...
Sam Cates (Lynching of)
On September 12, 1917, a twenty-five-year-old African-American man named Sam Cates was lynched near England (L...
Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton (1922–1990)
Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton was an early pioneer in professional basketball, playing in the National Ba...
Coy (Lonoke County)
The story of Coy is the same as that of many rural Arkansas communities that have almost disappeared since the...
Daddy and Them
Daddy and Them is a comedy-drama written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton that stars Thornton and Laura Dern...
Dairyman's Bank Building
The Dairyman’s Bank Building located in Carlisle (Lonoke County) was constructed around 1901. Established as...
Alford Davis (Lynching of)
In early January 1894, Alford “Alf” Davis, an African American man, was hanged by a mob in Lonoke County f...
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 ...
Eagle Murders of 1873
On November 6, 1873, George Alexander “Dock” Eagle, his son Will, and his nephew Robert J. (R. J.) Eagle w...
Eagle-Booe Feud
On April 25, 1898, three men were shot to death in Lonoke (Lonoke County). These killings—and the conflicts ...
Eberts Training Field
Established next to the town of Lonoke in 1917, during World War I, Eberts Field ranked second among aviation ...
England (Lonoke County)
England is a small farming community located in the southeastern part of Lonoke County. While England has a ri...
England Food Riot of 1931
The England Food Riot of 1931 occurred after the drought of 1930 caused major crop failure across the region, ...
John Calhoun England (1850–1914)
John Calhoun England was a prominent lawyer, businessman, and real estate developer in central Arkansas during...
First Christian Church (Lonoke)
The First Christian Church in Lonoke (Lonoke County) is a historic structure noted for Craftsman-style details...
William Franklin (Bill) Foster (1916–1992)
William Franklin (Bill) Foster was a longtime and influential member of the Arkansas House of Representatives....
Charles Lindbergh George (1927–2017)
Charles Lindbergh George was a coach, teacher, and school administrator who had a brief and unusual career in ...
Eddie Hamm (1906–1982)
Edward Barton (Eddie) Hamm was a state- and world-class athlete in high school, college, and the Olympics. In ...
Dan Hampton (1957–)
A defensive star for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team and for the Chicago Bears of the National Football ...
Skirmish at Hay Station No. 3
aka: Skirmish at Brownsville (July 30, 1864)
This brief Civil War engagement took place during the summer of 186...
Skirmish at Hickory Station
This brief engagement occurred on the Little Rock and DeVall’s Bluff section of the Memphis and Little Rock ...
James (Jim) Lee Howell (1914–1995)
James (Jim) Lee Howell was a professional football player and coach. As head coach of the New York Giants in t...
Humnoke (Lonoke County)
Humnoke is a city in southern Lonoke County, situated upon the Grand Prairie. It is located on Highway 165 bet...
I. F. Anderson Farms
aka: I. F. Anderson Minnow Farms
aka: Anderson Minnow Farm
aka: Anderson’s Minnow Farm
I. F. Anderson’s Farms, Inc., is located just west of Lonoke (Lon...
Joe Hogan Fish Hatchery
Since 1928, the Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery near Lonoke (Lonoke County) has produced fish for stocking Arkan...
Paula Jones (1966–)
aka: Paula Jones McFadden
Paula Jones is a one-time Arkansas government employee. Her lawsuit...
Keo (Lonoke County)
Keo is a town in southern Lonoke County. It is located on U.S. Highway 165 between Scott (Pulaski and Lonoke c...
Keo Commercial Historic District
The Keo Commercial Historic District in Keo (Lonoke County) was placed on the National Register of Historic Pl...
Lisa Lee (1968–2021)
aka: Alicia Faye Young Lee
Arkansas native Lisa Lee was a respected journalist in both print m...
Scout from Little Rock to Clear Lake (March 10–13, 1865)
aka: Skirmish at Clear Lake
aka: Skirmish at Plum Bayou
The March 10–13, 1865, Union scout from Little Rock (Pulaski Coun...
Lonoke (Lonoke County)
The town of Lonoke is the only county seat in Arkansas that shares its name with the county it serves. It is l...
Lonoke Confederate Monument
The Lonoke Confederate Monument is located on the southwest lawn of the Lonoke County Courthouse. A six-foot-t...
Lonoke County
The county and its seat of government having the same name distinguishes Lonoke County from other counties in ...
Lonoke County Courthouse
The Lonoke County Courthouse is located at 301 Center Street in downtown Lonoke (Lonoke County). The Arkansas ...
Lonoke County Lynching of 1910
On April 4, 1910, Frank Pride and Laura Mitchell were lynched near Keo (Lonoke County) for allegedly murdering...
Lonoke County Museum
The Lonoke County Museum is located in Lonoke (Lonoke County) in rural central Arkansas. The mission of the mu...
Lonoke County Race War of 1897–1898
The situation in Lonoke County was dire for African Americans during the latter half of 1897 and early 1898. I...
Lonoke Rock Island Depot
In 1912, the Rock Island Railroad replaced a deteriorating and outdated depot that had been constructed in 189...
Futha Cone Magie (1924–2006)
Futha Cone Magie helped pioneer community journalism in Arkansas during a period when most newspapers were fam...
Michael James (Mike) Malham (1953–)
Mike Malham was an all-star football player at Arkansas State University (ASU) in the 1970s. After a short car...
John Ellis Martineau (1873–1937)
John Ellis Martineau, governor of Arkansas from 1927 to 1928, reflected the emergence of a new style of politi...
Frank Robert McCrary (1879–1952)
Frank Robert McCrary was a pioneering U.S. Navy aviator who flew the service’s first dirigible and, though m...
William Heber McLaughlin (1882–1931)
William Heber McLaughlin was a Lonoke County farmer and politician who became one of the first American army o...
Museum of American History
The Museum of American History, formerly known as The Museum/Cabot High, is the only student-founded and -oper...