When my grandfather, Edgar STEVENS was a young boy, (1892, he was 8 yrs. old,) in Leadville, CO., he used a "hoop pole" (long stick) and rolled a barrel hoop down the wooden sidewalk and it bounced into and broke the bay window of Mrs. Horace (Augusta) TABOR's living room. His wife was Mary JACKSON, daughter of George and Livonia JACKSON, of DeSoto. Mary In a message dated 6/23/2005 5:11:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What is or was a hoop-pole?