Lollie Bottoms
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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.
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- Fran Tolliver - Arkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas - Lesson Plan #3: The Lollie Plantation in Faulkner County
- Lollie Bottoms Residents Concerned About City's Plans
- [Sen. Pryor Asked to Hasten Lollie Bottoms Airport Funding http://thecabin.net/news/2010-03-30/sen-pryor-asked-try-and-hasten-lollie-bottoms-airport-funding]
