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Remembering Kinkaid Creek memoir and life on a Murphysboro farm
A 42 page memoir by Ruby Alice Buchholz Epplin recounts a summer day when a picnic party trespassed on her alfalfa field near Kinkaid Creek. She chased them off with a gun and dogs, later recalling laughs and life in the Kinkaid Lake area through profiles of local families dating to the 1930s and 1940s. The book, detailing Ruby's life from 1932 onward, offers vivid snapshots of neighbors, family, and farming days along Kinkaid Creek. Copies are available from Ruby Epplin in Murphysboro for 3.50 including shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Buchholz
Kinkaid Creek
Murphysboro
Ruby Alice (Cochran) Buchholz-Epplin
Jake
Ruby
Kinkaid Lake
Fred
John Mezo
St. Louis
Walter Reiman
Charles Buchholz
Elisabeth
Illinois
Germany
Frank
Cora Buchholz
du Quoin
Grimsby
George
Alice Cochran
Grandpa Cochran
Merle and
Riller
Rae” Cochran
Merle Cochran
John
Helen Mezo
Jenny Compt
LaVina Hutt
Emma
John Graff
Ira Basden
Catty
Worthen
Edward
Minnie Trail
Sam Anderson
Ruby Epplin
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