Out on my motorcycle today I stopped in to talk to the owner of a house that looked very old and that also showed up on some very old maps of the area. The owner lived in a beautiful home on the property next door, and when he answered we got to talking for quite a while. He said he's had 10 or 15 people ask for permission over the years and would prefer to keep people off the property, but once we got past that he shared with me that his family has had the property for over 100 years. The old house was where his father and mother lived, and the generations before him. We talked about the old freight station and lumber mills nearby and how when he was a kid he'd see the workers hopping the freights to catch a lift to the lumber mills and freight stations in the area for the day's work. It was fascinating, and before I knew it we'd spent 30 minutes chatting on his front porch. At the end he invited to come by any time for a visit. I felt I like a made a friend and learned a lot about the history of the area in one visit. The connection to the people and history of the area was wonderful, and perhaps the reason many of us do this hobby. Finding a coin is nice, but one never knows where this hobby will take you.
JP,
A medium-old guy in Texas.
JP,
A medium-old guy in Texas.
