This story and its associated illustrative mural are works of fiction. While the narrative is set within historic Rogers, Arkansas, and the settlement that preceded it, the events, and characters specific to Ritter Barrel Company, Ritter Spool and Wire Company, or Rogers Spool and Wire Company are inventions of the artist and should not be understood as historical fact. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.