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Bauxite, AR - History
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Welcome to the Bauxite Home page. The Bauxite Home page provides as much information as possible on Bauxite. Knowing Bauxite’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Bauxite’s Home page, you will also find Bauxite’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Bauxite has a population of 670. 41.6% of Bauxite’s inhabitants are Male, and 58.4 are female. 40.9% of Bauxite is married and 75.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $105,541, and the average rent is $780. Household median income in Bauxite is $59,643, and the individual median income is $30,764. Bauxite’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.6%), Black(4.9%), Multiple(1%), Hispanic(0.4%), Native(0.4%).
The ore for which the city is named was discovered in the area in the early 1890s and mined by the General Bauxite Company until 1905, when the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, a northeastern aluminium refining company, purchased vast tracts of land in Saline County after learning of the high-quality ore that was being shipped from the area.
The company bought out the local producers of the ore, including the General Bauxite Company. Pittsburgh Reduction would go on to incorporate as the Aluminum Company of America, or ALCOA. Production of the ore rose rapidly, growing from 200,000 short tons (180,000 t) in 1914 during World War I, to 560,000 short tons (510,000 t) by war's end in 1918.
With decreased demand and an expanded source base in South America, Arkansas production levels fluctuated with demand, dropping as low as 60,000 short tons (54,000 t) per annum in the mid-1930s.World War I provided the greatest surge in growth for Bauxite, with multiple camps developing in and around the present-day city, often segregated by race or ethnicity, with such camp names as Italy Camp, Mexico Camp, Africa Camp, etc.
Throughout the Great Depression, ALCOA provided a standard of living for its employees that was generally un-matched during that period of economic turbulence. When World War II broke out, Bauxite was again called into martial action, with production rapidly increasing with the need for refined aluminium to produce airplanes and other material.
Donald M. Nelson, the Chairman of the WPA, requested that ALCOA president, Arthur V. Davis implement a three-shift, 24-hour production schedule. Davis brought in miners from across the country to keep the mines running continuously. This rapid rise in output led to a 1943 annual production of 6,000,000 short tons (5,400,000 t) of ore.Production began to slow as the war drew to a close, but the city's population and infrastructure had swelled to include multiple new communities and a larger school district.
ALCOA and Reynolds Metal Company continued to refine bauxite in the area, with Reynolds finally ceasing operations in 1981.
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