[AT] Culverts

David Bruce davidbruce at yadtel.net
Mon Mar 26 06:25:48 PDT 2012


I suspect these stories aren't so unique for that day.  I never knew of 
them being armed on the trip but it would not be a shock.  These trips 
would have been in the same era.

It always gives me pause when I can follow the exact same route and even 
with the sprawl I can make that distance in a few minutes rather than a day.

David
NW NC

On 3/26/2012 8:48 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> David,  my father used to tell me about going with his dad to sell tobacco
> in Greenville, NC.  It was about 25 or 30 miles.  They went by horse or mule
> drawn wagon.  It took the whole day to
> get there and unload.  The next day they sold the tobacco on the auction and
> got paid in cash.  He said they always went armed with a shotgun because
> there were bandits on the road.  This would
> have been in the 1920 to 1930 era.
>
> Pretty much the same story as yours except location and being armed.
>
> Charlie
>



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