- "CLEARING NEW GROUND" NEAR SHILOH, FOUR MILES SOUTH OF
SHULER, UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS, 1910. At left, front to back: John Moore
(of Peace Town), Jessie Davis, Jimmy Warren, and W.T. "Tommy"
Wilson. At right: Ellis Britt, Irvin Loftin, Smead Pyle (face partly
hidden), and Parks Ledbetter. The "hand sticks" enabled each
pair of "log rollers" to balance the weight between them. Picture
from Mrs. L.H. Perrit; names by Jessie Davis, Irvin Loftin, and W.T. Wilson.
Copy Work by Robert Walz.
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