wordless wednesday – plowing

 

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Mayes notes

From The Trail Drivers of Texas, page 187
In 1871 I went up the trail with T. B. Miller and Bill Mayes. We crossed at Red River Station and arrived at Newton, Kansas, about the time the railroad reached there. Newton was one of the worst towns I ever saw, every element of meanness on earth [...]

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Cherokee County, Texas records

Marriages
Meak, Winnie & Aaron Williams, 02 Dec 1847, Bk A, Pg 30
Meek, C. M. & Martha E. Tipton, 05/08 Oct 1865, Bk D-2, Pg 352
Meeks, Elija & Sarah Edwards, 16 Aug 1865, Bk D-2, Pg 329
Meeks, Mrs. Nancy & Lemuel H. Walters, 25 Feb 1848, Bk A, Pg 36
Meeks, Rebecca Ann & Wm. P. Harkins, [...]

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You know the end of the semester is approaching…

when craziness breaks out on the drag. My friend, Mister “I had a lot of fun”, sent this.
 

 
Somewhere, Carl Orff smiles in his earthly repose.

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