The Harrison Riot Or / The Reign Of The Mob / On / The Missouri / And North Arkansas Railroad

Farris, J.K.

Published by J.K. Farris; Wynne, Ark; 195 pp.; ; Good; 1924/1924, 1924

About this Item

_____The covers are spotted, the front hinge started._____ . _____ The author recounts the violent labor troubles on this Arkansas railroad._____ The Harrison Railroad Riot was an outbreak of anti-union violence in the town of Harrison in Boone County._____ It was instigated in part by the Ku Klux Klan and supported by the city government and local business interests._____ The riot was in response to a two-year strike along the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad._____ It ended in January, 1923 with the lynching of a man accused of harboring militant strikers and the subsequent forced expulsion of most strikers and their families north into Missouri. _____ Illustrated with a portrait photo of the author and two others, both family related. _____.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Harrison Riot Or / The Reign Of The Mob / On / The Missouri / And North Arkansas Railroad
• Publisher: J.K. Farris; Wynne, Ark; 195 pp.; ; Good; 1924/1924
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
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  • .Americana
  • .RAILROADS