The Houses of Cleburne County

CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................1 Part I . The Houses Before Me.................................3 The Houses Before Me................................................5 The Gresham Little House.........................................5 Kimbrough Lane..........................................................7 The Badders Place.......................................................8 The Taylor Place...........................................................8 The Coe Farm...............................................................9 Part II. The Jackson Place; The Bettis Place.......11 The Jackson Place......................................................13 The Bettis Place..........................................................21 A Winter’s Tale...........................................................24 The Barlow.................................................................32 Boys of the Wild.........................................................37 Bettis School...............................................................42 The Green Dodge.......................................................54 King Arthur of the Sorghum Patch.........................62 The Master Trapper...................................................66 Rural Electrifcation ..................................................72 The Fifth Sunday.......................................................77 Trade Day in Quitman..............................................86 The Orange Box.........................................................91 Part III. The Gresham Place...................................99 The Gresham Place..................................................101 Quitman School.......................................................108 The Watch of the Weather......................................121 The Funnies..............................................................126 Jerome & Rohwer Relocation Centers..................128 i

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