Pfeiffer country : tenant farms and business activities of Paul Pfeiffer in Clay County, Arkansas, 1902-1954 /
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| Author / Creator: | Laymon, Sherry. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Little Rock, Ark. : Butler Center Books/Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2009. |
| Description: | 239 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7727237 |
| Summary: | Clay County, Arkansas, was a flatland with little improvements at the outset of the twentieth century. Into this primitive society came a St. Louis entrepreneur with a liking for agriculture. Paul Pfeiffer bought large tracts of land, set up tenant farmers, and reigned for nearly fifty years as a beneficent landlord. Laymon records the gratitude of many a family who remember with appreciation loans made to acquire equipment. When farming was interrupted by the coming of the railroad, both Pfeiffer and his tenants adapted to a lumbering economy--so long as the hardwood forest lasted. Interestingly, Laymon's account includes the fate of tenants following the break-up of "Pfeiffer Country." |
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| Physical Description: | 239 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-221). |
| ISBN: | 9780980089776 0980089778 9780980089769 098008976X |
