That explains what Shep Thacker was doing on the river. In those days, the River was the railroad and the interstate thrown into one. We could tell by what Allen said that he worked on a keel boat as well. Do you have any idea where Limestone Creek AL is. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Perry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 6:50 AM Subject: Shep > David, I'm working with William Thacker on an article > for the Historian. He says Shep did work on the river. > Shep was a keel boat man. William remembers nothing > said about Allen's. Herb > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >