Photo: Shantyboats on the Bayous

Shanty boats are shown on the White River at Des Arc Bayou around 1911. Many families lived this way and some followed timber harvests and other local jobs. Photo courtesy Barth Grayson, publisher of the White County Record and a member of the White County Historical Society.   http://www.argenweb.net/white/yesterday/desarc_files/shanty.html

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