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- Pfeiffer Country: The Tenant Farms and Business Activities of Paul Pfeiffer in Clay County, Arkansas, 1902-1954
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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.”
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 1-4
- I. Introduction
- pp. 11-17
- II. Clay County—Arkansas’s Frontier
- pp. 18-40
- III. Cotton Fields in Clay County
- pp. 41-61
- IV. Pfeiffers in Piggott
- pp. 62-88
- V. Pfeiffer Farm Structures
- pp. 89-118
- VI. Pfeiffer Farming Operations
- pp. 119-146
- VII. Liquidation of Pfeiffer Farms
- pp. 147-167
- Bibliography
- pp. 198-222
- Appendices
- pp. 223-240
Additional Information
ISBN
9781935106418
Related ISBN(s)
9780980089769, 9780980089776
MARC Record
OCLC
898477165
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2009