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Deer Meat Keeps Family Going Through Hard Times
In a memoir style reminiscence, Mrs. Hattie Estes Burditt recalls postwar scarcity, venerable days of deer meat replacing purchases, and a singer of pioneer lineage in Wimberley. She describes a Model A mishap with a deer leg and hound, along with early Estes family settlement and community roles in Hays County.
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Cain
Sears & Roebuck Automobile Tools
Dreary Holler
Grover
T. J. Estés
Wimberley
Blanco River
Cowan Place
Walter
Mercentil
John Saunders
U. S
Cora
Sallie Estes
T. J. Estes
Methodist Church
Estes
Hays Co
San Marcos
Praire Lee
Hattie Estes Burditt