yall will have to do it...I am swamped...I will give you anything I have. Rebecca ---------- > From: Melissa Jones <tsaritsa@ix.netcom.com> > To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARDREW-L] books, videos, etc. > Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 1:41 PM > > At 10:01 AM -0600 11/3/98, rdea wrote: > >thanks, Cuz Bill! that one was a printout! > >some of the material coming over Ardrew is so > >good I am tempted to use in my upcoming bayou book. > >yall don't tell that it happened in possum valley or > >wherever rather than on the bayou. ha. > > > Rebecca (and all), > > Not to create any more work for you, but what if we could all help put > together another book on Drew County history? Maybe where "Old Times" left > off? > > I was talking via e-mail with Pat Cowan yesterday, and hit upon a neat > idea---making a video journal of Possum Valley, the homesteads where our > ancestors lived, the cemeteries, etc. For folks that haven't been to > Arkansas, or haven't been there in years, this would be a good way to share > how & where our ancestors lived. > > Also, Beth, at one time you had mentioned it was hard getting young people > interested in the history of the area. Does your school have a journalism > department? Creative writing? Maybe a project idea for the students could > be a video journal, or a photo essay, or recording some oral history from > some of the "old-timers". > > Just trying to come up with ways to infuse the next generation with > enthusiasm for the past! > > --Melissa >