Well, I'm right and you guys are wrong about when the road was built between Detroit and Clarksville. My son, Alan Shelby, was a little new baby and my husband picked up roots on that dirt strip until he got a dump truck and starting hauling for Jeff Howard, who had the contract for the road. Opie Hollaway was the foreman or superintendant. My dad, Sidney Trapp, also had two dump trucks on that job. In 1957 we moved our little family to Amarillo, I'm positive of this. Marilyn ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Construction on the highway between Detroit and Clarksville was started in 1957 and completed and officially opened to traffic sometime in 1959. I witnessed every phase of it. A lot of people cheated and drove on it before it was ready. Sometimes it worked and sometimes they got turned back. I am absolutely sure. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: <MGShelby36@aol.com> To: <jimgidd@suddenlink.net>; <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Not Gena. > Well, I'm right and you guys are wrong about when the road was built > between > Detroit and Clarksville. My son, Alan Shelby, was a little new baby and > my > husband picked up roots on that dirt strip until he got a dump truck and > starting hauling for Jeff Howard, who had the contract for the road. Opie > Hollaway > was the foreman or superintendant. My dad, Sidney Trapp, also had two > dump > trucks on that job. In 1957 we moved our little family to Amarillo, I'm > positive > of this. > > Marilyn > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >