"Bringing Our Pioneer Spirit of Yesterday Forward Into Tomorrow"
"Bringing Our Pioneer Spirit of Yesterday Forward Into Tomorrow"
Peddling Apples
Those who knew Minnie Carr, “Mama Carr” to most of us (I was surprised to learn that the Peterson branch refers to her as “Grandma Carr”) remember that she was always up to something, whether it was work or play.
Her youngest child, Juanita Carr, now Rush (my mother) remembers (more…)
Minnie Mae Austin was born May 2, 1891 in Newton County, Arkansas, the ninth child of John F. Austin and Nancy Ann Trobaugh Austin. She married Thomas Henry Carr on March 31, 1909 and together they had 11 children. They moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon with Katie, Treseye, and Irene and settled near Sallisaw, Ok. and later to Warner, Ok. (more…)
In the months prior to our 2010 CARR REUNION, I discovered many lost or forgotten treasures as I searched for photos or stories to go in our family album. Some of these treasures have brought smiles and laughter and some have evoked tears. One “treasure” that I found among my Mama’s pictures and keepsakes was a tribute to “Old Ader”, their mule and a photo of Mama Carr with Old Ader. I’ll (more…)
I’m told Mama Carr had a bit of a temper, but I only recall really seeing it a couple times. The primary time being when Rudy Woodard decided he was going to be a “bull rider”.
The old house that Mama Carr lived in off of 69 Highway had a pasture attached to it. There was a pear tree in the middle of the pasture that I remember being exceptional good for climbing, and (more…)
My grandmother had an old milk cow she called Ole Heart. Ole Heart helped my grandmother make ends meet. She would sell excess milk and butter to various folks around town that preferred their milk straight from the cow rather than the supermarket. She would get a calf from Ole Heart once a year that she raised for beef and put in her freezer. She and the cow had been together many years.
During the day Ole Heart roamed
in the pasture doing her cow thing. My grandmother milked her twice a day best as I can remember. She had Ole Heart trained to come to call, (more…)
I love family stories. You hear a story, repeat it to other family members, and they stomp all over it, deny its veracity! But, sometimes, there’s a kernel of truth, maybe not in the seminal facts, but an exposition, if you will, of the underlying character of the person(s) involved. (more…)
I had read on a genealogy site a comment about Mama Carr pedding apples from a buggy. I asked my mother(Juanita Rush) about that, and this is her response:
This is quite true. She drove two horses (a team) and a wagon, not a buggy. We never owned a buggy. Buggies cost more than we had. A wagon was used on the farm for all sorts of work and also for transportation if you could not afford a car. (more…)