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Laymon, Sherry.

Pfeiffer country : tenant farms and business activities of Paul Pfeiffer in Clay County, Arkansas, 1902-1954 / Sherry Laymon. - First edition. - 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-221).

Clay County: Arkansas's frontier. Native Americans in the Mississippi Valley ; Spanish imprints in the future Arkansas delta ; French culture in the delta ; Transportation, river travel ; Earthquakes ... ; Religion ; Creation of Clay County ; Railroad debut in Northeast Arkansas ; Second migration to Clay County ; Clay County homesteads -- Cotton fields in Clay County -- Pfeiffers in Piggott -- Pfeiffer farm structures -- Pfeiffer farming operations -- Liquidation of Pfeiffer Farms.

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. Interesting.


English.

ISBN: 9781935106418 (electronic bk.) 1935106414 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctt1fdt6vr JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pfeiffer, Paul Mark, 1868-1944.
Pfeiffer, Paul Mark, 1868-1944.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landowners--Arkansas--Clay County--Biography.
Businessmen--Arkansas--Clay County--Biography.
Farm life--History--Arkansas--Clay County--20th century.
Farm tenancy--History--Arkansas--Clay County--20th century.
Tenant farmers--History--Arkansas--Clay County--20th century.
Propriétaires fonciers--Arkansas--Clay--Biographies.
Hommes d'affaires--Arkansas--Clay--Biographies.
Vie à la ferme--Histoire--Arkansas--Clay--20e siècle.
Baux ruraux--Histoire--Arkansas--Clay--20e siècle.
Métayers--Histoire--Arkansas--Clay--20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--General.
Businessmen.
Farm life.
Farm tenancy.
Landowners.
Manners and customs.
Rural conditions.
Tenant farmers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Clay County (Ark.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Clay County (Ark.)--Rural conditions.
Clay County (Ark.)--Biography.
Clay County (Ark.)--History.
Arkansas--Clay County.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: F417.C54 / L394 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 976.7/995053092

National Agricultural Library Call No.: F417.C54 / L39 2009