August 8, 2009

Dexter Harding moved near Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) in the early 1850s to occupy a land grant that he received for his services in the War of 1812. Harding built a three-room house for his family, as well as the town’s first sawmill. He eventually became one of the area’s most important businessmen.

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