Forwarded by TxHood-l List moderator PLEASE REPLY TO: jholmes@imagin.net Subject: Holmes Hollow Valley Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 04:30:44 -0500 From: "Joe V. Holmes" <jholmes@imagin.net> To: granbury@emcee.com Is there any information on the "Holmes Hollow" valley (located between Tolar & Glen Rose) that's mentioned in your "Hood County Landmarks and Vanished Communities .... the places grandpa talked about" section? I'm tryin' to fill in some of the blanks in the HOLMES family history, and although my grandpa Henry Wayne HOLMES (2/12/85-11/12/18) died some 25 years before I arrived (they lived in the 2 story house that faces east towards town, at the very end of Bridge St.) , I don't even remember my Dad or Mother (who was from Tolar) mentioning anything about the "hollow". Although I didn't have the good fortune of havin' a grandpa to educate me about early Hood County life, ...... some of my fondest memories (early 40's & 50's) are of Saturday mornin' whitlin' sessions down on the Square and listenin' to the old timers spinnin' yarns(?) about my Dad's shenanigans. I hope to visit the "Depot" soon, (Dad worked there in the 30's as a railroad telegrapher) and although I've just discovered your web site (and really like it), I'm sure that a personal visit will be much more rewarding. Boy!..... what a treasure trove of stuff yawl have acquired !!! Thanks for any information you may find on the "Hollow." Joe V. Holmes Fort Worth -- Frank Saffarrans Home Page Editor Hood County Genealogical Society http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor opa ['opa] masculine noun, colloquial German: grandpa