February 2012
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"The farm colonies of the Salvation Army"
I just came across this; a completely bizarre attempt to re-frontierize as a means of dealing with urban poor.
FARM COLONIES OF THE SALVATION ARMY. BY COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER.
The farm colonies of the Salvation Army in the United States were first organized in the spring of 1898 for the purpose of enabling stranded but worthy families to keep together and ultimately, by their own exertions and...