The interesting thing here is that the "place" is always referred to by the last family that lived there & not usually the current occupant. Strange. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Philips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Need an old Okie history buff > At 06:32 PM 2/1/03, you wrote: > >Hello, just to clarify, I've been a native Okie for all my 50 years and I > >have never heard of a rented or sharecropped a farm being referred to it by > >the owner's name. > >Debbie > > Then you was probably a city girl. I'm from the little town of Rush Springs and nearly every farm around there is known as "somebody's" place. My grandfather finally settled down in the late 1930's after roaming around MO, AR, TX and OK for about 50 years. He bought 50 acres southwest of Rush Springs. His son bought a section of land that adjoined his. He moved to CA in the 50s. I went to school with a girl that lived there in the 60s and she referred to it as the Phillips place. > > Gene > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >