LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Ark.—There are boom-and-bust ghost towns and there are towns that dissipate over decades, slowly wilting away until a place is no longer a place.

Rural Lafayette County, with one-third its 1930s population, braces for impact as the epicenter of a rapidly intensifying global rush for “lithium.”{ai:summary}<p>There are boom-and-bust ghost towns and towns that fade over decades. </p><p>Downtown Lewisville is such a place, slowly wilting until it's no longer a town. #history</p>

After Discovery of Massive ‘White Gold’ Deposit, Arkansas Towns Prepare for Boom

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