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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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Hudson’s family is well-known in the county today and played a significant role in the development of Newton County. Lum’s grandfather, Samuel “Sammy” Hudson, was one of the first white settlers in Newton County.
Sammy moved to the county from Tennessee in 1832, and settled at the mouth of Shop Creek where it pours into the Little Buffalo River at Parthenon, in western Newton County.
In fact, the Little Buffalo River, which flows through Jasper on its way to the Buffalo River, used to be called the Hudson Fork of the Buffalo River after Samuel Hudson. Sammy served in the Arkansas state legislature as the Representative from Newton County, in the 1850s.
He also later served in the Confederate legislature during the Civil War, representing Newton County.
Lum Hudson purchased his 300 acre farm from James Town Greenhaw on Dec. 31, 1918, for the hefty price of $1,500 ($5/acre).
The Hudsons grew corn, wheat, cotton, and apples, and raised cattle on the 300 acre farm. Hay was also harvested on the farm and stored in the loft of the barn to be fed to the cattle during the winter. Lum had many hired laborers working for him during the harvest season and according to his daughter Joyce, for a time he provided on-site housing (a shack) for the laborers. The shack has since been destroyed and there is no sign of it today.

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