of J. W. Allen & Brother Lumber Company, in the City of Clarksville.

When these early settlers ran out of corn for bread they used the breasts of wild turkeys as a substitute. They would boil the turkey until done, then dry it out in ovens and store it away as bread. They made mortars in logs, and having soaked their Indian corn, they beat it in the mortars and afterwards separated the husks; and if they were fortunate enough to have a steel hand mill, they ground it into meal. In the absence of the steel mill they just beat the kernels until they were made into meal. Frequently they used parched corn only as bread. The meat question was very simple as they had unlimited amounts of all kinds of game. In the early history of the county they depended upon bear for their fats, frequently storing away barrels of bear fat which they used for cooking purposes.

The Ward family, herein previously referred to, in fact one Asa Ward, cleared a small farm north of Pecan Bayou and planted the first peach orchard. My uncle, Dr. Pat B. Clark, told me of eating peaches from this orchard. That peach orchard was some five miles or more north from Whiterock, Red River County.