Page 23 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 23 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…may be four hundred yards, anyway I didn’t believe I could shoot him at that distance but I sez I’ll try though I don’t believe I can do it so I ups with my gun and takes a good aim, I didn’t expect I could hit him, and sure enough I didn’t!”The country had only a few roads and of course the roads followed the course of least resistance so when the road reached a dry pond it followed it as far as possible so Mr. Knight would tell the traveler how to reach a certain point.“You go about north on this road ‘till you reach a big pond and then you go around the side of that pond ‘til you almost reach the place where you cam in and then you go out.” At top of page 14 we mentioned a cold winter was coming and it was a good thing they had built a fire place in their house, well it came, perhaps the coldest known since…” Page 23 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…may be four hundred yards, anyway I didn’t believe I could shoot him at that distance but I sez I’ll try though I don’t believe I can do it so I ups with my gun and takes a good aim, I didn’t expect I could hit him, and sure enough I didn’t!”The country had only a few roads and of course the roads followed the course of least resistance so when the road reached a dry pond it followed it as far as possible so Mr. Knight would tell the traveler how to reach a certain point.“You go about north on this road ‘till you reach a big pond and then you go around the side of that pond ‘til you almost reach the place where you cam in and then you go out.” At top of page 14 we mentioned a cold winter was coming and it was a good thing they had built a fire place in their house, well it came, perhaps the coldest known since…” Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Hunting Knight, Jesse ("Uncle Jesse") Webb, Charles W. Webb, William B. United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 23 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…may be four hundred yards, anyway I didn’t believe I could shoot him at that distance but I sez I’ll try though I don’t believe I can do it so I ups with my gun and takes a good aim, I didn’t expect I could hit him, and sure enough I didn’t!”The country had only a few roads and of course the roads followed the course of least resistance so when the road reached a dry pond it followed it as far as possible so Mr. Knight would tell the traveler how to reach a certain point.“You go about north on this road ‘till you reach a big pond and then you go around the side of that pond ‘til you almost reach the place where you cam in and then you go out.” At top of page 14 we mentioned a cold winter was coming and it was a good thing they had built a fire place in their house, well it came, perhaps the coldest known since…”
Page 23 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…may be four hundred yards, anyway I didn’t believe I could shoot him at that distance but I sez I’ll try though I don’t believe I can do it so I ups with my gun and takes a good aim, I didn’t expect I could hit him, and sure enough I didn’t!”The country had only a few roads and of course the roads followed the course of least resistance so when the road reached a dry pond it followed it as far as possible so Mr. Knight would tell the traveler how to reach a certain point.“You go about north on this road ‘till you reach a big pond and then you go around the side of that pond ‘til you almost reach the place where you cam in and then you go out.” At top of page 14 we mentioned a cold winter was coming and it was a good thing they had built a fire place in their house, well it came, perhaps the coldest known since…”
Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb
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Knight, Jesse ("Uncle Jesse")
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Webb, William B.
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