Actually Billie, you can only envision growing strawberries in the hill part of Crawford County. Where I live strawberries were the first crop grown on "new ground". That means lots of stumps and in one field on top of the side bluff down stream on Big Frog south of Lancaster I got to help Tom Tabor plant his new crop of Strawberries. Each of us carried a bucket of top soil so we could put out enough dirt to plant them. You might like to know that today that area mostly grows houses. Gail -----Original Message----- From: arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Billie Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:02 PM To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARCRAWFO] Strawberries I love all this talk about the strawberries; thank you guys for sharing all this info. When you live in the Texas Panhandle, it's hard to imagine what my ancestors were doing back in Arkansas. Billie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And every one of those new houses should have a crop of strawberries. Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: "cowartd" <cowartd@centurytel.net> To: <arcrawfo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Strawberries > Actually Billie, you can only envision growing strawberries in the hill > part of Crawford County. Where I live strawberries were the first crop > grown on "new ground". That means lots of stumps and in one field on > top of the side bluff down stream on Big Frog south of Lancaster I got > to help Tom Tabor plant his new crop of Strawberries. Each of us > carried a bucket of top soil so we could put out enough dirt to plant > them. > > You might like to know that today that area mostly grows houses. > > Gail > > -----Original Message----- > From: arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Billie > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:02 PM > To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARCRAWFO] Strawberries > > > I love all this talk about the strawberries; thank you guys for sharing > all this info. When you live in the Texas Panhandle, it's hard to > imagine what my ancestors were doing back in Arkansas. Billie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>Hi folks, I just thought I'd share my memories of my aunt and father talking about picking strawberries for their grandfather, James Steele who had a farm near Bonds Special. The farm was near Frog Bayou. A Bayou in AR is another image I've had a hard time picturing--especially in the hilly NW part of AR. They'd take their strawberries to Bond's Special then load them on the train. Since my dad and aunt were born at the turn of the century, then I'd guess they were talking ca 1910-1925. Nancy Corder Halvorson Santa Fe, NM > > Actually Billie, you can only envision growing strawberries in the hill > > part of Crawford County. Where I live strawberries were the first crop > > grown on "new ground". That means lots of stumps and in one field on > > top of the side bluff down stream on Big Frog south of Lancaster I got > > to help Tom Tabor plant his new crop of Strawberries. Each of us > > carried a bucket of top soil so we could put out enough dirt to plant > > them. > > > > You might like to know that today that area mostly grows houses. > > > > Gail > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:arcrawfo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Billie > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:02 PM > > To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ARCRAWFO] Strawberries > > > > > > I love all this talk about the strawberries; thank you guys for sharing > > all this info. When you live in the Texas Panhandle, it's hard to > > imagine what my ancestors were doing back in Arkansas. Billie > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message