The Rise and Fall of the Southern Farmers Alliance and People's Party in Texas
by
Donna A. Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
The years after the Civil War brought struggle to the Southern farmer as the economic mainstay of the South—cotton—steadily dropped in price. Prompted by hard times, farmers in Lampasas County, Texas, gathered in 1877 to discuss what could be done. From these modest origins emerged the National Farmers...