Yesteryears of Reelfoot Lake
THESE PICTURES WERE GIVEN TO ME BY MY COUSIN.  SHE  WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE TIME THEY WERE ALL TAKEN.

 
THE FIRST PICTURE ON THE LEFT WAS TAKEN IN FRONT OF MY PLACE WHERE THERE USE TO BE A BOAT LANDING.  YEARS AGO MISS NANNY & MR. RED BOYETTE WHO WAS THE OWNERS OF MY PLACE AND THE FAMOUS BOYETTE'S DINING ROOM  NEXT DOOR TO ME.   AS YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS A PLACE TO SIT AND WILE AWAY THE DAY BRAGGING ABOUT THEIR DAYS CATCH.
 I SURE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HEARD THEIR TALES, A MANY OF BOOKS COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN I AM SURE. MY GRANDDADDY IS THE TALL GENTLEMAN TO THE FAR LEFT HE WAS CALLED PAPA GOOCH ALSO KNOWN AS THE TURTLE MAN BACK WHEN I WAS SMALL WE USE TO CATCH BABY TURTLES TO SELL  HIM AS ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WOULD DO, HE HAS SHIPPED MILLIONS OF TURTLES ALL OVER THE WORLD MANY WENT TO JAPAN  . I CAN REMEMBER SOME OF THE STORIES MY GRANDDADDY HAS TOLD. HE WOULD TELL ABOUT THE 37 FLOOD WHEN THE RIVER RAN THROUGH THE STREETS OF TIPTONVILLE & RIDGELY AS I REMEMBER HE SAID THEY RODE BOATS DOWN THE STREETS OF BOTH TOWNS.
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