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My Dad was the sheriff mentioned in the Worst Hard Times. I was born in Clayton in 1934 so don't remember much about the Dust Bowl but it was bad.
Keith It really is a fantastic book.....people didn't talk much about it when I was growing up. I guess they were trying to get past it.
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My Dad was the sheriff mentioned in the Worst Hard Times. I was born in Clayton in 1934 so don't remember much about the Dust Bowl but it was bad.
Keith You don't know a fella named E.H. Little do ya?
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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Way cool Steve, I'd post a couple of my Mom's old East Texas photo's but they are all un-PC and involve somebody hanging in a tree. I'm cracking up. Only 'cause you know it's true.
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Neat stuff,......a camera coming out was an EVENT in those days, no?
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Way cool Steve, I'd post a couple of my Mom's old East Texas photo's but they are all un-PC and involve somebody hanging in a tree. I'm cracking up. Only 'cause you know it's true. Don't doubt it a bit.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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Here's my old West Texas photo. My family's been in Sherman County for over 100 years. This is a dust storm about to hit Stratford, the county seat. As my grandmother said, after the storms would finally pass, they would "shovel out the house." http://armchairspasm.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dust-bowl1.jpg
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No, I don't recognize the name of E. H. Little. I did check a couple of books that I have from Cimarron County, OK, that list a lot of family names and didn't see it there. We lived in the Court House in Boise City until I was about 5, when we moved to the farm east of Keyes, so I was very young through most of the Dust Bowl days.
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after reading The Worst Hard Time recently, .......
One of the most depressing books I've ever read. I don't see how folks lasted a month in those conditions let alone years. Anyways, really enjoyed the family pics and the look into the past. Always cool hearing family history.
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a duster like that rolling down on you is something you never forget....great picture.
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great photos Steve, reminded me of our family in Fife, TX.
Thanks
Wow! I have heard of most all towns in West Texas, but never heard of Fife. I had to look it up. There cannot be too many there. I bet the quality of life is tops! Fife is just down the road from Brady where I was born and raised. Fife, Doole, Lohn, Pear Valley...love those tiny towns.
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Way cool Steve, I'd post a couple of my Mom's old East Texas photo's but they are all un-PC and involve somebody hanging in a tree. So I'm non PC, post em.
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