Genealogy is very connected to history---or should be if we are doing it right! Maybe while the list is so slow, Frances will allow us to discuss some of our memories that might provoke other memories---and lead to us to clues to other areas of research. Let's not allow our family histories to be nothing more than a list of names and dates! Let's share our experiences with others. Hopefully, one day our experiences will be of interest to someone---our stories will offer names of others whose lives crossed our paths. I was talking to my Dad a couple of days ago about a cemetery. During the conversation, he mentioned a lady he grew up with. Several years later, this woman's daughter and I were best friends. (Unfortunately, she was killed in an auto wreck in 1957.) All these years, all the friendships, all the "ties" between the families----and my Dad never mentioned that the woman grew up living on the street behind his house until this week! From the cemetery story, he mentioned William DAVIDSON and John MILLER---along with "Mr Irving" (MANNING) damming the creek and building a 'lake' in the area near the intersection in front of Gary Mathews car lot. These names don't mean anything to me as far as my genealogy---but what wonderful stories descendants of these people would have for their family histories! "WE" have so many stories to tell! Maybe we were once a boy/girl scout, played some sport in or out of school, won a ribbon in 4-H, a "sweetheart", "king", or "queen" of a class/club. How many people worked on building a float for a parade? How about attending a dance or a fireworks display at Dunbar Cave---or a dance at Cunningham Lake? Now, here's one I'd like to see more about---a "memorial", history----any kind of 'tribute'! If you lived in Clarksville and ever went to a parade, you almost have to remember The Burt High Strutters! This was the most talented group of young people----their dance routines put others to shame! What happened to them? Where are they today---did any go on to further their dancing skills? Better yet---"WHO" were they? Who was their coach? These people were to Burt High School what the Jubilee Singers are to Fisk University! (What I'd give to see a parade with a 'real' float and the Burt High Strutters---and Ft. Campbell's Military Band! Wonderful memories my grandchildren will never get to experience except in my stories.) Does anyone have names, photos, etc---a history of this group of young people? I've rattled on too long----time for someone else to share a memory, a history, drop a name or two, send Frances a photo for the web site---- Sandy Ellis