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Gone, but not forgotten: Columbus and Delia Hudson Farm

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1921-1955 Farm complex.
Listed in Arkansas Register of Historic Places on 08/03/05

Excerpts from Arkansasheitage.com

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Although he worked in various capacities throughout his life, Lum was primarily a farmer and a timber laborer, owning and operating his own sawmill, which was located on the 300-acre property. He served one term as the Newton County Judge from 1939-1940. Though Lum’s term as county judge was short, his one term was a historic one for Newton County, as he oversaw the construction of the present day Newton County Courthouse.
Adath (Greenhaw) Hudson recalls that Lum was one of the only people around who had a truck during the 1930s. She said that he was a kind man who never refused to help anyone. Many times he would transport people across Big Creek (which had to be forded if one was to go to Harrison for supplies) in one of his log trucks if the creek was too high for walking or riding a horse across.
She also recalls that he would drive down to Mt. Judea ( ½ mile from his home) and pick up many people to take to singing conventions and revivals around the county. Adath recollects:. “We would get all fixed up and Lum would pick us all up down at Judy. We would all pile on the back of his log truck and ride to Deer or Jasper or wherever the singing convention was. By the time we got there, our hair was blown all over the place and we were covered in dust. We just sat on the back of that ole truck and let our legs dangle over the side all the way up the mountain.”

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