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Itinerate Peddlers in Hays County Heritage Chronicle
In the late 1800s and early 1900s itinerant traders visited the hill country of Hays County. They offered wares from sewing machines to buggies, wood stoves, enlargements, and more. A noted Syrian grandson accompanied a spring wagon peddler who sold candy to a boy while others bought dress goods and tools.
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Minnie Lea Rogers
Hays County
Grandpa
Grandma
Driftwood
Austin