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Lincoln's Birth Place By: Col. Carlis B. Wilson A Far Away Place There was talk of a far away place where I had never been and knew little about. A neighbor family who lived on Harrods Fork was pretty well informed about historic places, having had two school teachers in the family. One of the sons of the Jim and Birdie Sparks family had a new pick-up truck--it was a 1946 in model year. He was one of the first, if not the first in that part of the county to own a new truck. He spent a lot of time building a high cattle rack for the bed. Was it a beautie, with the shiny paint and well built rack! The owner was none other than Mr. Allen Sparks, a young successful farmer. The Road Trip Headed Out For The Day Big Building On The Hill Cool Water And Picnic Lunch About eight years later the wife and I visited the birth place again and there had been many improvements as well as added shops. I remember buying a large over-sized penny as a souvenir. Years later Mr. Allen Sparks married one of my first cousins, after the wife and I married we had the pleasure of spending a night with them on their farm on Harrods Fork Creek. Which brought back many memories of days gone by working with Allen and his sister Edra, who was my school teacher at Firkin School. _CarlisThis story was posted on 2003-04-26 13:07:53
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