FARMING ARKANSAS TIMELINE PLAN YOUR VISIT GROUP TOURS SCHOOL MUSEUM VIRTUAL TOUR LOCAL ATTRACTIONS EVENTS LINKS SUPPORT TEAM CONTACT SEARCH ARKANSAS DELTA EARLY YEARS TODAY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FERTILE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE WORLD ALWAYS THOUSANDS THE ARKANSAS REGION NOTHING SWAMPS EUROPEAN SETTLERS WERE HUNTERS FUR TRADERS ARRIVING KENTUCKY DRAINED COTTON PRODUCTION INTO THE NEW THE RIVER RICH SOIL GIFTS FLOODING WIPED CROPS ENSLAVED LABOR STAPLE SOON THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE PLANTERS KINGDOM BORNE THE BACKS LABORERS CIVIL SOUTHERN PROSPECT CONTROL LOST LAND FARM DAY LABORERS TENANT FARMERS SLAVES THE SOURCE BLACK WHITE FARM WORKERS SYSTEM THEMSELVES SITUATIONS WERENT MUCH BETTER IN THE SOUTH RENT GROUND LANDOWNERS PERCENTAGE CROP CASH PAYMENTS TERMS CONTRACTS DEPENDENT WHETHER LABORER OWNED EQUIPMENT SEED GENERALLY THAT ONE THE CROP PAID THE LANDLORD SHARECROPPERS RUNG HAD TO SMALLER HARD TIMES FARMERS THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 RICH AND POOR DIRE STRAITS BANK SHUT OFF PRICES NEED MATERIALS THE GREAT DEPRESSION FEDERAL TENANT FARMER EXISTENCE PICTURE RURAL SOUTH AGRICULTURAL WHEEL IMPROVE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT HELP GOVERNMENT OFFSET THE LOSS PLOWED PAYABLE SHARE INCOME ABUSE LESS THE NEED OPTION EVICTION BECOMING ELIGIBLE SEARCHING LIVING CONDITIONS TURNED TYRONZA CLAY SOUTHERN TENANT FARMERS UNION LEADERSHIP WHITE MEN SEVEN BLACK MEN JULY 1934 HISTORIC IMPORTANCE FACT WHITE WOMEN INTEGRATION RARE THAT TIME THE UNION MEANS CALL ATTENTION INTIMIDATION DESTROY THE STFU TENANTS FIRING UNION LEADERS EVICTED LEGACY EXPANSION BEYOND MISSOURI HELPED FRUIT IN CALIFORNIA CANE HARVESTERS MEMBERSHIP THE DECLINE NORTHERN INDUSTRIES GEARING WORLD WAR 1960S CEASED SOCIAL POLITICAL WRITER MICHAEL HARRINGTON SENSE TRYING WALK PRESSURE LEFT MARK AMERICAN PROTESTS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS THE COMING MAIN STREET HERITAGE SITES ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY STATE