October 30, 2010

In the late 1920s, the citizens of Lonoke County learned that the Kraft Cheese Corporation was searching for a southern location for one of its factories. Seeing the potential of such a business, the citizens of Carlisle (Lonoke County) initiated a campaign to raise funds to construct a building to house the factory. In 1928, Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation opened a factory that employed many locals and played a major role in the local economy until it closed in 1949.