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Wagons loaded with rice outside multistory mill buildings with smoke stack

L. A. Black Rice Mill

"The Izard County Calamity" newspaper clipping

LaCrosse Tornado Article

"Lafayette County" map with borders roads cities waterways

Lafayette County Map

white man operating cotton baler

Lake Dick Cotton Baler

Lake with dock and cypress trees

Lake Enterprise

Small pier jutting out into a lake

Car driving passed boat dock with boats on a lake

Lake with rocks in the foreground and trees on shore in the background

Lake with diving platform and orange buoys

Aerial view of flooded neighborhood alongside river

Lake Village Flood

African-American men standing in front of shelves in store

Lakeview Co-op Members

hand painted "Sugar loaf lavacaberries" graphic advertisement with illustration of large berries and background of orchard

Lavacaberry Crate Label

"Lawrence County" map with borders roads cities waterways

Lawrence County Map

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

Painting white man overalls with sign "Let's unite farm labor board or else marked tree"

Lest We Forget by Ben Shahn

Sign between two trees with wooden fence behind them

Levi Wilcoxon Forest Entrance

Group of white miners with tools before quarried side of a hill

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

Lincoln County Map

Faded black and white lodge building with three cars and flag pole in front yard and person standing by one car

Lodge building with brick chimney with glass rear wall divided into windows

Creek with gravel shore and tree covered hills in background

Little Cedar Creek

Side view of concrete bridge over river as seen from the bank

Little Missouri River Access

Ferry boats on a river with trees on both sides

Little Red River

"Little River County" map with borders roads cities waterways

Little River County Map

Large rock with weathered plaque on it near river

The Little Rock

University campus in foreground as seen from above

Little Rock Tornado, 2023

Men and horse-drawn wagons outside wall with building behind it

Train cars being machine-loaded with coal

Group of tall pine trees in forest

River with dam and lock filling with water

Lock and Dam Number 1

Ridge with fall foliage and exposed multicolored soil

Tractor picking up logs from trailer

Log Yard in Bearden

White man woman and children under an apple tree with a full basket of apples

Logan County Apple Orchard, 1920s

"Logan County" map with borders roads cities national forest

Logan County Map

White man hauling logs with horse drawn wagon

Logging in White County

Algae covered body of water surrounded by trees

Logoly Natural Area

"Lonoke County" map with borders roads cities

Lonoke County Map

Men with horse drawn wagon train in field

Rice mill with water tower and sign "Lonoke Rice Milling Co" beyond large rice field.

Lonoke Rice Mill

Wooden boardwalk with railings over flooded swamp

Lorance Creek Natural Area

White man in green shirt and blue jeans leaning against a tall tree in forest

Forest with tall trees and leaves on the ground

Green and white signed stock certificate

Lonquil Stock Certificate

Mine entrance under lookout tower on signed card stock

Lost Louisiana Mine

Mine shaft entrance with wooden tower among trees

Lost Louisiana Mine

"Lost Aztec treasure may be found in fastness of Ozark cave" newspaper clipping with photograph of cave paintings

Lost Louisiana Mine Article

Stone marker with text situated in swamp

Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park Marker

White men and women posing in front of a long wooden building

Lowell Apple Evaporator

Men and dog standing on levee placing sandbags with houses and other buildings in the background

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