Mob Rule in the Ozarks: The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike, 1921-1923

by Kenneth C. Barnes

On January 15, 1923, a crowd of more than a thousand angry men assembled in Harrison, Arkansas, near the headquarters of the M&NA Railroad, which ran through the heart of the Ozark Mountains. The mob was prepared to use any measure necessary to end the strike of railroad employees that had dragged on for nearly two years, endangering livelihoods and businesses in an area with few other means of transportation. Supported by local officials, the mob...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682262618
• ISBN13: 9781682262610
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.