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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 Ristine’s owners.

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Scrapbooks documenting the Cryts’ involvement with the American Agriculture Movement, the Ristine grain elevator, and the 1986 and 1988 8th Congressional district campaigns. Arranged chronologically.

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Certified “Ristine Beans,” Wayne Cryts Strain.

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Subseries includes resolutions and certificates issued to Wayne Cryts from the Kentucky and Missouri state legislatures recognizing Cryts battle with the Ristine Grain Elevator, and the federal government.

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Arranged alphabetically by publication, then chronollogically

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:...

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:...

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:...