Author: Joan Garey ThreetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poinsett County (Ark.)
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Guardian Bonds of Poinsett County, Arkansas, 1873-1910
Author: Joan Garey ThreetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poinsett County (Ark.)
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Delta Empire
Author: Jeannie WhaynePublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080713855X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II. After his father’s death in 1870, Robert E. “Lee” Wilson inherited 400 acres of land in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Over his lifetime, he transformed that inheritance into a 50,000-acre lumber operation and cotton plantation. Early on, Wilson saw an opportunity in the swampy local terrain, which sold for as little as fifty cents an acre, to satisfy an expanding national market for Arkansas forest reserves. He also led the fundamental transformation of the landscape, involving the drainage of tens of thousands of acres of land, in order to create the vast agricultural empire he envisioned. A consummate manager, Wilson employed the tenancy and sharecropping system to his advantage while earning a reputation for fair treatment of laborers, a reputation—Whayne suggests—not entirely deserved. He cultivated a cadre of relatives and employees from whom he expected absolute devotion. Leveraging every asset during his life and often deeply in debt, Wilson saved his company from bankruptcy several times, leaving it to the next generation to successfully steer the business through the challenges of the 1930s and World War II. Delta Empire traces the transition from the labor-intensive sharecropping and tenancy system to the capital-intensive neo-plantations of the post–World War II era to the portfolio plantation model. Through Wilson’s story Whayne provides a compelling case study of strategic innovation and the changing economy of the South in the late nineteenth century.
Indian Villages of the Illinois Country ...
Author: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas
Author: The Handybook for Genealogists
Author: George B. EvertonPublisher: Everton Publishing
ISBN: 9781890895068
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
CD-Rom is word-searchable copy of the text.
Red Book
Author: Alice EichholzPublisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Dashiell Family Records
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
James Dashiell (1634-1697), son of James Dashiell and Margaret Inglis, was born Scotland and immigrated from England to Northumberland County, Virginia in 1653. He married Ann Cannon in 1659, and moved to Somerset County, Maryland in 1663. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, New York, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Louisiana, California, Washington and elsewhere. Includes some ancestry and family history in England, Scotland, France and elsewhere.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas
Author: Goodspeed Publishing CoPublisher:
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Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
A condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of its distinguished citizens, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties mentioned, and numerous biographical sketches of the citizens of such county.
A Dowling Family of the South.
Author: R a 1922- DowlingPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014019486
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More
Author: Fred William AllsoppPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description