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Home About Tenant Farming in Arkansas Timeline Plan Your Visit Group Tours School Tours Museum Store Virtual Tour Local Attractions Events Links Support Restoration Team News Contact Menu Home About Tenant Farming in Arkansas Timeline Plan Your Visit Group Tours School Tours Museum Store Virtual Tour Local Attractions Events Links Support Restoration Team News Contact Search for: STFM Cotton Heritage Mural Weighing full sacks of cotton. Cotton picking was a family affair. Front of Bank and Cleaners Today Mitchell's Cleaners in 1934 H. L. Mitchell, president of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Service Station Facade Today Clay East Service Station in 1934 Woman at outdoor STFU meeting. Hard Times Exhibit at STFM Evicted Sharecropper Family Family of cotton pickers moving up a row. Visitors An early union meeting. Reverend Blackstone inducts new STFU member. Due to COVID-19, all Arkansas State University Heritage Sites are closed to the public until further notice. The enhances knowledge and understanding of tenant farming and agricultural labor movements in the Mississippi River Delta, in an effort to preserve the history and promote the legacy of sharecropping, tenant farming and the farm labor movement. The museum is located in the historic Mitchell-East Building in Tyronza, Arkansas, with the restoration of this building and development of the museum made possible through grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council and a “We the People” Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. To learn more about the history of tenant farming in Arkansas and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, click here for an Interactive Timeline. Share Your Stories Share your memories and help preserve the past for future generations. Explore Newsletters Read the latest STFM newsletter and access newsletter archives here. Explore In the News The is often in the news. Click here to read more. Explore Virtual Tour Take a virtual tour of the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum. Explore 117 S. Main Street P.O. Box 195 Tyronza, AR 72386 Telephone: 870-487-2909 Fax: 870-487-2910 Arkansas Heritage Sites Arkansas State University P. O. Box 2050 State University, AR 72467 Telephone: 870-972-2803 Fax: 870-972-3201...