Today Tom (Watson, to the new members) and I had another of our whirl wind tours of parts of Red River County covering a lot of ground. We went from Paris east on US 82 to Annona, 44 south to Crystal lake, drove thru Kickapoo Ranch and back to the Russell Cemetery. Back to Annona and on to Avery. (Lot of good memories of this area) Made a stop at he locate of my old pharmacy in Avery and viewed the new Gene Weaver Gym. Then FM 1701 back to 44. Then north on FM 44 (crosses 82 and continued north on 44 to the English Road (FM 114). Then north a mile or 2 up 1158 and went west on CR 1275 past the old place of my dad Aunt Flora Thompson and on to Concord (Giddens) Cemetery for a stop, then on to Madras on 1700 and went north on CR 3202 for a stop at Old Shiloh Cemetery and then continued past Free Hope Cemetery with the neat bell over the gate.. Then back to Clarksville for a great chicken fried stake at the Main Street Cafe (former Ted & Beth's). Then toward Bagwell for a stop at Old Shamrock Cemetery and visited with Curtis Bachman, (pronounced Beckman by me all my life). His uncle Henry Bachman ran the Mobil Station on west Main when I was a teen. Then we were at Bagwell and took CR 2106 back to US 82 passing the old Robbinsville Cemetery that is now only a pasture with a couple of plain concrete marker bases above the ground (no markers). Now our last stop was the Becknell Cemetery. We found a open gate and Tom drove his 4 wheeler Lexus across the pasture (rough and weedy) right up to the Becknell State Marker. It saved us from climbing over the fence and walking 100 yards. The country side was beautiful and the weather was great. It is easy to understand by Davie Crockett said, "This is the land of milk and honey". This is the high lights and short version of the tour, there are other details. It was also like going back in time when we were standing under some of the huge oak trees that are around 300 years old, knowing our ancestors buried there loved one under these same tree up to and over 150 years ago. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx