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TomSlick

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7. The lore in my family is that my GG-Grandfather traveled west from Tennessee avoiding creditors.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 10:12 PM

Feb 2021

When he got to the Red River, there was a big sign that said "GOOD LAND ENDS HERE." Being illiterate, he pushed on into Texas.

When my grandfather learned to read, he moved the family back to Arkansas.

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