Pfeiffer Country
Author | : Sherry Laymon |
Publisher | : Butler Center Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2009-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781935106418 |
ISBN-13 | : 1935106414 |
Rating | : 4/5 (414 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pfeiffer Country written by Sherry Laymon and published by Butler Center Books. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.”