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Louisiana's Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Originally a lawless buffer zone between Spain and the United States, its hardy residents formed tight-knit communities for protection and developed a reliance on self, kin, and neighbor. In the early 1900s, the timber boom sliced through the forests and disrupted these dense communities. Mill towns sprang up, and the promise of money lured land speculators, timber workers, unionists, and a host of other characters, such as the outlaw Leather Britches Smith. That mome

Folklore and history --- Lumber trade --- Labor disputes --- Grabow Riot, Grabow, La., 1912. --- Outlaws in popular culture --- Outlaws --- History --- Smith, Leather Britches, --- Brotherhood of Timber Workers --- Neutral Ground (La.) --- Grabow (La.) --- Social life and customs. --- History.