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Child of the 1920's

A series of articles written by Grace Cash of Flowery Branch, Georgia. The stories will touch your heart as you read of this young girl's life growing up on a farm in the mountain foothills of Georgia during the 1920's.

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In The Days Before Telephones November, 1986 Written by Grace Cash
The Summer I Broke My Arm January, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Cardboard Doll February, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Fed My Old Dog Jane? February, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Commencement At A Country Schoolhouse March, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
My Father Was A Vegetable Vender March, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
1925: Learning the Difference Between City and Country Smells April, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Living At Papa's Place May, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Grandma's Wedding June, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Moving Day July, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Big Meeting In August August, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
A Girl Plow Hand September, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Halloween Carnival at the Schoolhouse October, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Grandpa's Thanksgiving Squirrel November, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
A Christmas Tree in the 1920's December, 1987 Written by Grace Cash
Uncle Charlie January, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Winter Of Influenza January, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Show People Find Their Way To Chestnut Mountain April, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Mama's Last Baby At Papa's Place May, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
1927: Miss Essie's Seventh Grade Class October, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
A Dancer and the Watkins Man Come To Our House October, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Papa's Obsession With Education November, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Christmas At Papa's Place December, 1988 Written by Grace Cash
Cotton Farming in the 1920's January, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
The First World War and Other Fireside Tales January, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
Our Only Cow February, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
The Book Peddler September, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
Typhoid Fever October, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
The Temptation of Factory Hill November, 1989 Written by Grace Cash
From the Farm to the Silk Mill December, 1989 Written by Grace Cash

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