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There’s an old sharecroppers house on the land and I finally got the courage to go into the house. It’s dangerous and falling down but I wanted to see what was in there. I found a very old, neat sewing machine and lots of old “goodies”. Fast forward a few weeks, I was riding my dogs and a car comes down a dirt drive that runs on our land. These three ladies roll down the window and proceeded to tell me their grandmother lived in the old house. I wanted to hear their story as much as they wanted to tell me their story. Appears their grandmother worked for the land owner and one of the ladies spent lots of time with her grandmother in the house. She told me about spending hours making quilts with her grandmother and using an old sewing machine. She said they spent hours gardening and how the community had canning days, butchering days and how everyone shared in everything. No one had a need that wasn’t met. Everyone helped everyone. Made my heart smile. She kept talking about the quilting and sewing machine. I called my husband and he loaded them on the sxs and took them on a long tour of the land and everywhere they wanted to go. I came back to the house. When they came back to the house, they stayed for 3 hours. I enjoyed their visit so much. I was able to give them, their grandmother’s sewing machine. They started crying. I had to look away, lol. Right before they left, I asked, “when you were working in the garden, did you ever find arrowheads?” They answered, “all the time.”
Later, I went back and was looking around the old house trying to see if I could find enough courage to go in again. I found an old trunk outside underneath an old deck on the house. It was filled with papers, a ruby pen, letters and this 1832 dime. Finding this dime was great but finding old letters, priceless. I learned not all treasure shines.
Later, I went back and was looking around the old house trying to see if I could find enough courage to go in again. I found an old trunk outside underneath an old deck on the house. It was filled with papers, a ruby pen, letters and this 1832 dime. Finding this dime was great but finding old letters, priceless. I learned not all treasure shines.
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