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Box 4445

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

To Bean or Not to Bean? The Wayne Cryts Saga , circa 1996

 Item — Box: 4445, Object: 08
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, newspapers, photographs, and legislative materials pertaining to Wayne and Sandy Cryts, a Puxico, Missouri couple who made national headlines in 1981 when they defied federal law and reclaimed their soybeans stored at the Ristine Grain Elevator in New Madrid, Missouri, after a federal bankruptcy court confiscated their beans to pay-off the debts of the grain elevator’s owners. Materials are organized into series by record type or function. Series include One Man with Courage:...
Dates: circa 1996