Horse and Buggy Daze
C Wimberley laments local quarrels over Clopton Crossing and REA projects. He mixes humor with critique of public meddling, power, and growth, urging community focus on spring’s blooms and personal history rather than disputes. He recalls past electrification gains and warns time is running out.
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Congress
F.D.R
Texas
Lyndon
L.C.R.A
Highland Lakes
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Susie Sophia Brooks Danforth
Cloptons
Pickle
Nellie
Blanco
Wimberley
Kingdom
Gabriel
Clopton Crossing
Army Corps of Engineers
Purgatory Springs
Hugo
Clopton
John C
S.C.R.A
Mitchell family photo ties to Cloptin Crossing Dam tale
Dorothy Kerbow recalls a 1898 Wimberley photography shop image from Saunders and Emory Hughes. The Mitchell family lived near River Road where Cloptin Crossing Dam would cross. the girl named Purl Mitchell explains her name origin to a teacher, saying she was named after the other kind of pearl.
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Dorothy Kerbow
Wimberley
Saunders
Emory Hughes
Madie
Saunders) Walker
Mitchell
Cloptin Crossing
Purl Mitchell
Purl
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