HI, Very simple. A collection of old water pumps. We use to use these type pumps many years ago when I was a kid. BEV. C. Davis -----Original Message----- From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Scott Fitzgerald Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:25 AM To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com; txsmith@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] [TXSMITH] FW: [TXGEN] Old Photo Hi Trevia Here is the response that I sent to TXGEN list: Hi Gina, To me it looks like a bunch of hand crank water pumps. I am not sure what the pan thing next to the pump is - maybe a filter or chemical treatment. Unless I am mistaken it says Bullard Texas which south of Tyler. I also see the bows and fiddles that Jane mentioned[in another e-mail]. Could it be something like a barn raising? I am going to forward the message to the Smith County list and see if anyone there has any ideas. Scott > > Interesting photo. went to the Handbook of Texas on line to see if there > might be a clue .... > > BULLARD, TEXAS. Bullard, also known as Etna and Hewsville, is on the St. > Louis Southwestern Railway at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm > roads 2493, 2137, and 344, twelve miles south of Tyler in extreme southern > Smith County. > > Possible?? *** A movie theater had opened, and a band also provided > entertainment. **** > > And an interesting note: A traveling jail, seven feet in diameter and > made > of a barred round tank on wheels, held prisoners until the county sheriff > could escort them to Tyler. > > Trevia Wooster Beverly > Houston, Texas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message