I like being old | Gather

I like being old | Gather

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The First Automobile - Granpa's Only Ride | Gather

The First Automobile - Granpa's Only Ride

My father used to tell a story a about the first car he ever saw. His family lived down a long dirt road in the coal mining country of northeast Alabama. They scratched out a meager living in the backwoods where his ancestors first arrived in the early 1800’s.

When dad was a young boy, the first automobile in the family was purchased by his uncle Jim-Tom. It was a Ford Model T. Uncle Jim-Tom lived on a farm down the road in a large “dog-trot”. It was a house with an open, wide area, right in the middle that ran from the large front porch to back. They say the old place once looked like and orphans home with all of Jim-Toms 10 kids running about. ... click on the title above to read the full story