From the Library of Congress: Here’s a gallery of images taken at the “Lakeview Project” in December of 1938 by Farm Security Administration photographer Russell Lee. Lake View (which was often spelled Lakeview), established in 1937, was one of three communities organized by the Farm Security Administration in Arkansas that were reserved for black farm families. Consisting of 5,600 acres on the north side of Old Town Lake, the land was divided into ninety-five farms of forty-four acres, each with a farmhouse and barns. The Lakeview Cooperative had a general store, a cotton gin, a feed mill, repair shops, and a herd of livestock. A school district was established, with an elementary school, high school, vocational shop, and nursery. Residents participated in a plan that allowed them to purchase their land after a trial rental period. The program was controversial, largely because fourteen tenant families who had lived all their lives on the property were refused permission to remain in the new community on the grounds that they were bad credit risks. Click on each photograph for its title. Learn more about Lake View at the Encyclopedia of Arkansas: bit.ly/1IG0Lo4
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 21:00:00 +0000
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