They had a story on public television about the life of Mark Twain and if you talk about Mark Twain you have to talk about Huckleberry Finn. Let me tell you, Huck Finn didn't have anything on the boys around here in the 1940s and early 50s.

We did everything Huck did and then some. Not just the boys of Herd Street but the boys of Jordanville, Tallaweka, River Road or East Tallassee. We ran into each other doing the same kind of things. If we had any free time between chores it was seeking an adventure. How many days I can remember fishing up and down Wallahatchee Creek.