By the way, I love getting these responses about Taylor County things. Since I'm sure that everyone is equally interested, whenever you think appropriat......: CC: to the LIST so that everyone will be able to enjoy them. It's interesting to learn about the Peaches themselves. My interest stems in that I made one very, very brief visit through Taylor County several years ago. My grandparents left there with their family in 1886 for Texas. My father was their last child and born in Alma, Texas. I was looking for hints as to how my grandparents would have thought of Texas when they arrived. The first thing that struck me about Taylor County was its red, clay soil and its tall pines. Alma, Texas is in the Blackland Prairie, and at the time they arrived was very good for cotton production. The main trees were scrub mequite trees.....trees just don't grow that tall period in Texas! I've often wondered if my grandmother might have brought along a peach tree....or a rose bush cutting. By the time I was interested in genealogy, there just weren't any people around to ask these questions to! At any rate, I'll bet she missed the tall pines. We did have a peach tree in the back yard when I was a little girl...don't remember them ever being very good though....probably too cold. That's why I keep asking if the Peach trees are native or just when they started growing them in Taylor County. I think our Mailing List group is probably made up of three categories: 1) People who were born and raised in Taylor County and who still live there 2) People raised in Taylor but now only getting there for a visit 3) People who only had ancestors from there and know very little about it It would be interesting to hear some stories of your connections with Taylor County. And I always welcome your ideas about how to add to the page. Just found out to my chagrin that the Howard and Charing links weren't working. So I now have them corrected. Virginia Crilley 4500 Kenny Lane Waco TX 76710 (254)772-5390 Subscribe to RUFFIN mailing list: Ruffin-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Subscribe to CRILLEY mailing list: Crilley-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Homepages: http://www.eramp.net/~crilley Ruffin homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6276 Taylor Co USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/gataylor.htm