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  1. First statewide chapter of the Farmers' Alliance Organization founded
    date December 27, 1879map PARKER, Texastags Agriculture

    On December 27, 1879 the first statewide organization of the Farmer's Alliance was established in Parker County Texas. Although the movement would confine itself to giving advice regarding “scientific farming' in the 1870's and did not have a significant impact on Southern culture of the day, it would play a crucial role in the agrarian revolt of the 1890's. In the mean time the Farmer's Alliance...