Mr Almon Teel

Times to Remember Ii: Winds Beyond the Wichita and Other Songs of a Great American Century Mr Almon Teel

Publisher Marketing: Times to Remember II with Winds Beyond the Wichita and Other Songs of a Great American Century centers on life in the region from Northwest to North central Texas. Large ranches occupied much of the area a generation or so before the Civil War, and about the time of the war, settlers began to squeeze in between the ranches and Red River to farm the rich soil. Many of these settlers moved into Texas to escape the devastating affect of the war. My forebears on both sides migrated to the area north of Dallas, and soon after the turn of the century, both my father and mothers families moved about a hundred miles west to Fargo, north of Vernon, near Doan's Crossing, the crossing used for herding cattle to Dodge City, Kansas. My father and mother discovered one another there in Fargo and eloped to the dismay of my mother's dad, who had been a widower for several years and felt the need for the continued assistance of his daughters in the home. With limited education, life was difficult for my parents, especially until friends helped Dad get a permanent job on an oil field near Electra, and life was greatly improved for the growing family. Other poems are a result of my later experiences of life in other parts of the country and in other fields of endeavor.