| Pfeiffer Country: The Tenant Farms and Business Activities of Paul Pfeiffer in Clay County, Arkansas, 1902-1954 Contributor(s): Laymon, Sherry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0980089778 ISBN-13: 9780980089776 Publisher: Central Arkansas Library System OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Business & Economics | Economic History - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008927765 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1950's |
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| Publisher Description: 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 economyso long as the hardwood forest lasted. Interestingly, Laymon s account includes the fate of tenants following the break-up of Pfeiffer Country. " |