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Stoodrs cir-ti m ti/ in 11 n mi tai^r ii»v i»a i\ auu WOtlpost oak trees with pure water near 1 ''11 the surface, its an ideal place for a £jni lt town and the old settlers there beileve tjuk.' “ the are going to get what is justly due »if thf»them—a great town. Having come to (.Ioa(‘ *, Abilene myself in March, 1884, I’m per-i nora inji( , sonally acquainted with nearly every1 'a i old settler in Buffalo Gap, and count» (Ip. Ill* U„ „ ithem among my best friends, and ofif I fcourse it was a great day for me. isia ^ q, june pitched his tent in theaiKe' Gap in 1877; Fred Brookreson. Sr.waa in 1X7G; r,on Gray in 1878; S E ts, of Friend in 1877; Mrs. C. A. Wooldridge.'W1) H t ^i whose husband died 1.7 years ago, iu 1880; Mrs. J. S. Perry, 1880; M. II.1 was Bell in 1890; T. C. McCormick, now de-! ceased, in 1880. Several of his chil-dren still live in the Gap. among them !‘. 10 j W. A.. J. E. and Tom, and Mrs. II. M.1 OM' i XeSmlth and Mrs. J. W. Wright, and,(a son J. W. lives at Clyde; Bob Lyon,' settled on Bluff creek in 1880 and in SnecTElS(,n 1 ''KG mcfced over to the Gap; J. M. El dOnt Walker and wife were not out at the Mexinpicnic, but they are among the old ey d( °1- timers, coming there in ’82; Grandpa the lt;h ro-
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Abilene Semi Weekly Farm Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Tue, May 17, 1910
Page 8
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Dorothy W.
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