_Crawford County, Arkansas Populated Places_ (http://www.hometownlocator.com/DisplayCountyFeatures.cfm?FeatureType=populated%20place&SCFIPS=05033) includes a Greenwood Junction in or near Ft. Smith

Just a note on cotton growing in the hill country of Crawford County. Farmers stopped growing it in the hill country because the land was so poor that you got very few bowls on a plant. The cotton growing era of the hill country was after the Civil War. Slavery was not ever in the economic equation of growing cotton in the hill country. Cotton picking was done by family and neighbors with a few transits (gypsies of which we had for picking strawberries too. There is a permanent colony of gypsies living in Crawford County now. Some hill country farmers did lease land in the river bottoms to grow their cash crop of cotton. This was after the time of slavery. If you study the sociology of the hill and mountain country of Crawford County at anytime you will find very few if any black people involved. There were a few "slaves" brought into the hill country by their owners (either white or Cherokee) before the civil war. Gail -----Original Message----- From: arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WallDuncan@aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:20 PM To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARCRAWFO] Greenwood Junction _Crawford County, Arkansas Populated Places_ (http://www.hometownlocator.com/DisplayCountyFeatures.cfm?FeatureType=po pulated%20place&SCFIPS=05033) includes a Greenwood Junction in or near Ft. Smith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message