When I was a young girl growing up
in Texas, we
had an outhouse. One day I made my way to the outhouse. I thought someone might
be in there ahead of me, so I cautiously peeked in a hole in the door. To my
surprise, on the area next to the seat, there was a good sized rattlesnake
coiled. I ran back to the house, and shouted for my brother to come and shoot
that snake. We all laugh about the incident now, but at that time it was not so
funny. I am just glad I wasn’t in a hurry that day.
Mrs. Steven Lange
Rowena, Texas
Back in 1955 a call
went out from the editors of the then Capper’s
Weekly asking for readers to send
in articles on true pioneers. Hundreds of letters came pouring in from early
settlers and their children, many now in their 80s and 90s, and from
grandchildren of settlers, all with tales to tell. So many articles were
received that a decision was made to create a book, and in 1956, the first My
Folks title – My Folks Came in a
Covered Wagon – hit the shelves. Nine
other books have since been published in the My Folks series, all filled to the brim with true tales from Capper’s readers, and we are proud to
make those stories available to our growing online community.
