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Family Food Tales and Recipes

Description: Compilation of personal anecdotes and reminiscences about topics related in some way to food, collected from people living in or around Grayson, Texas. It includes biographical information for each person and some of the stories include recipes. A cumulative index (volumes 1-6, 9, and 12) starts on page 103.
Date: 2012
Creator: Lincecum, Jerry Bryan, 1942- & Redshaw, Peggy A.
Partner: Austin College

[Photograph of Louisa Prater Rogers]

Description: Photograph of Louisa "Lou" Prater Rogers sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of a house with the number 810 over the front door. She and her husband, Samuel G. Rogers, lived at 810 N. Throckmorton Street in Sherman, Texas [the Sherman City Directory incorrectly lists their house number as 910, but the number 810 can clearly be seen over the door frame] Louisa was the daughter of Erby "Erb" Boyd Prater and Katurah S. "Kitty." She did not marry until 1897. Samuel worked as a driver and Lou st… more
Date: 1925~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Grayson Bible Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Grayson Bible Baptist Church in Sherman, Texas. Text: On the evening of Monday, June 22, 1931, John R. Rice began a revival service on the Grayson County Courthouse Square. The revival took place where the 1870s courthouse had stood. That building was burned to the ground in May 1930 during mob violence that caused the death of an African American man who had been accused of a crime. Businesses and homes of African American residents were… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West
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