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Lafayette County

Lafayette County has always been important to the history of Arkansas, but it was particularly so from its first four decades as a territory through the Civil War. This was partly because one of its residents, James Sevier Conway, was the state’s first governor.

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"Lafayette County" map with borders roads cities waterways
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African-American woman in turban and hoop earrings behind orchid

Maya Angelou

Poetry

 Sketch from shoulders up white man clean shaven wearing cravat and suit above text "Ex-Gov. James S. Conway"

James Sevier Conway

Governors

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Oil Industry

Industries, Mining

 African-American woman in turban and hoop earrings behind orchid

Stamps

Lafayette

 White man holding rifle

Stephen Fuller Austin

National Figures

 Older African-American man with glasses and beard smiling in suit and tie

William Harold Flowers

Lawyers, World War II to Faubus Era

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Conway Cemetery State Park

State Parks

 "Twenty Negroes Wounded" newspaper clipping

Canfield Race War of 1896

Civil War to Gilded Age, Criminal Activities

 Multistory brick building with radio tower photographed from pavilion across the street

Lewisville

Lafayette

 "Lynching Near Bradley" newspaper clipping

Frank Robertson

Criminal Activities, Early Twentieth Century
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Marquis de Lafayette
African-American woman in turban and hoop earrings behind orchid

Maya Angelou
Four men in dark pants, white shirts, and suspenders in drug store

Baker Drugs
Children in yard outside large two story building with two women on balcony

Stamps High School
Aerial view of a parade led by school children passing through town by homes over railroad tracks

Stamps Liberty Loan Parade
"Twenty Negroes Wounded" newspaper clipping

Canfield Race War Article
Single-story church building with arched stained glass windows and bell tower

Stamps Presbyterian Church
Cars and people crowded in front of "Lester & Patton Co"

Lewisville (Lafayette County)
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