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Knob Knockings recalls Knob family Dallas Fair trip
The Wilkerson family recalls a 1900s October trip to the Dallas State Fair from Newark Texas. They describe train travel, rides, exhibits, and frugal farm life with cousins neighbors and a deaf friend who taught sign language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elie K. Wilkerson
United States
Reeves
Dallas
Papa
Charlie Rickman
Ernest
Ira Bradshaw
Near Briar
Kneb
Myrtie
Ine
Billie Bradshaw
Willie Neal
Claude Browder
Newark
Texas
Rock Island
Cotton Patch
Wilkersons
Jacksboro
Fort Worth
Fair Gounds
Belle Hinkle
The
Austin
Mayme
A Ee
Ing Brothers
Papas
Knob
West Indies