--WebTV-Mail-11252-1627 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit HI, PHYLLIS : R WE TALKIG ABOUT THE SAME "ITASCA "? ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, ON OUR WAY BACK HOME TO AUSTIN, WE COULD NEVER COME SO CLOSE TO THE OLD HOME=TOWN & NOT TAKE A GANDER AT OUR BELOVED OLD HOMESTEAD.. HOW MU HEART BROKE, LOOKING AT ALL THE BOARDED UP PLCES WHERE THERE USED TO B MY FOLKS CAFES (2 OVER THE YEARS", GROCERS,BANKS ( THERE REALLY WAS 2), DRIGGISTS, JEWELERES, DRYGOODS,BARBER SHOPS, FEED STORES, MEAT MARKET, OLD FASHIONED-TYPE "GARAGES", LUMBER YARDS, MOVEI HOUSE, FURNITURE STORE, FIRE STATION , ITASCA ITEM NEWSPAPER OFFICE, ICE CREAM PARLOR, 2 BOARDING HOUSES. THE POWER & LIGHT COMPANY OFFICE, THE POST OFFIC, A REAL HONEST-TO- GOODNESS "HAMBURGHER "JOINT". THE DEPOT ) TRAIN STATION ) WENT THE WAY OF ALL SMALL-TOWN RAILWAY STATIONS AS THE RAILROADS DECLINED. ITASCA'S TINY STATION BECAME A MUSEUM. I REALLY DO REMEMBER THE NAMES OF ALL THE FOLKS WHO OWNED THESE BUSINESSES &, IN RETROSPECT, AM STILL WONDERING "HOW ON EARTH DID THAT TINY LITTLE HAMLET SUPPORT THAT MANY SHOPS / FAMILIES?" THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF OUR STOPPING BY WAS TO VISIT THE CEMETERY ----- OF COURSE. G'GPA COTTON W. G'GMA COTTON R STILL THERE W / G'PA & G'MA COTTON, AUNT JEWEL, UNCLE BENJAMIN, UNCLE JIM & UNCLE JIM.S SECOND WIFE. IN THE SAME PLOT , ONLY DIVIDED BY A CEMENT DIVIDER R .OUR WATSON KITH ;N KIN, MOSTLY INFANTS FROM SO MANY YEARS PAST WHO DID NOT LIVE , AT MOST, PAST 2 YRS. OF AGE. IN MY FAMILY RESEARCH, I HAVE LEARNED THAT EVERY WATSON LINE HAD A "WILLIAM" -- "WILL" IN IT. SO MUCH FOR MY REVERIES OF THE ANCIENT PAST, ALL 86 YRS. OF IT. NOW, SINCE I REMEBER MOST OF THE 2 STORY HOUSES IN ITASCA,, PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THIS OLD GREEN ONE WAS , AS NEAR AS U CAN RECALL. THINKING BACK, THERE REALLY WERE MORE THAN I REALIZED. JUST NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, I S''POZE. GIVE US A HOLLER SOON . MS. T.THOMPSON DURANT, AUSTIN,TX. --WebTV-Mail-11252-1627 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpinvite-2001-3.public.lawson.webtv.net (172.16.213.203) by storefull-2236.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:14:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.39]) by smtpinvite-2001-3.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 154B1FE15 for <ThetisDurant@webtv.net>; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:14:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) id gB126xSU019705; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:06:59 -0700 Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:06:59 -0700 Message-Id: <200212010206.gB126xSU019705@lists2.rootsweb.com> From: TXHILL-D-request@rootsweb.com Subject: TXHILL-D Digest V02 #168 X-Loop: TXHILL-D@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TXHILL-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume02/168 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: TXHILL-D@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain TXHILL-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 168 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [TXHILL] Re: TXHILL-D Digest V [PFCR@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from TXHILL-D, send a message to TXHILL-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the list administrator, send mail to TXHILL-cathyshelley@hotmail.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:05:40 EST From: PFCR@aol.com To: TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <14.3648c30.2b1a1fb4@aol.com> Subject: Re: [TXHILL] Re: TXHILL-D Digest V02 #161 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I was in Itasca last year when I headed to Ft Worth for my uncles funeral. It is a nice little town. I photographed and older green 2 story house there that was in repair. It was really a neat house. My grandparents George Green Carpenter and Harriet Louisa Brown married in Itasca. They moved to Hillsboro and lived there till there death. Both are buried in Hillsboro. My mother is buried here in Austin. Phyllis Collins-Rummel Austin Texas -------------------------------- End of TXHILL-D Digest V02 Issue #168 ************************************* --WebTV-Mail-11252-1627--