Surratt Conference Update

[Dave Taylor]

(03-06-2013 10:30 AM)John E. Wrote:  Very cool ! Was that barn on the same site as the old one? I'm presuming of course that the one pictured is not the original.

John, you are correct that this is not a photo of the original barn. However, according to a newspaper article I found, this barn was built on about the same location as the original. This picture was taken by Otto Eisenschiml around 1932. I changed it a little bit for my blog:

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(03-06-2013 10:23 AM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  Well now I feel much better. I was nervous that Dave was going to have sock puppets for JWB, Herold, Richard Garrett, Willie Jett and so on. I'm so relieved he isn't doing something juvenile!

You know me, Jim. Professional is my middle name.

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(03-06-2013 10:40 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Since we have a Garrett descendant coming to the conference (thanks to Dave's research and people skills), have you warned him about the puppets?

I'm hoping Judge Hughes has a ventriloquism background. Then we'll have the vaudeville feel I'm looking for.