Difference between revisions of "Lollie Bottoms"
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*[http://www.uark.edu/depts/arkhist/home/AHSI/2002/lesson_plans/tolliver_lollie.html Fran Tolliver - Arkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas - Lesson Plan #3: The Lollie Plantation in Faulkner County] | *[http://www.uark.edu/depts/arkhist/home/AHSI/2002/lesson_plans/tolliver_lollie.html Fran Tolliver - Arkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas - Lesson Plan #3: The Lollie Plantation in Faulkner County] | ||
| + | *[http://thecabin.net/news/local/2011-04-22/conway-breaks-ground-new-airport Conway Breaks Ground for New Airport] | ||
*[http://www.katv.com/story/13887936/lollie-bottoms-residents-concerned-about-citys-plans Lollie Bottoms Residents Concerned About City's Plans] | *[http://www.katv.com/story/13887936/lollie-bottoms-residents-concerned-about-citys-plans Lollie Bottoms Residents Concerned About City's Plans] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[http://thecabin.net/news/2010-03-30/sen-pryor-asked-try-and-hasten-lollie-bottoms-airport-funding Sen. Pryor Asked to Hasten Lollie Bottoms Airport Funding] |
Revision as of 20:45, 30 May 2011
Lollie Bottoms is an agricultural bottomland near the Arkansas River in southwestern Faulkner County, Arkansas.
In 1880 one hundred African American sharecroppers established Lollie Plantation in the area. Children on the plantation attended the Julius Rosenwald School.
Lollie Bottoms is the site of a new Conway airport to be built beginning in 2011.
