Remembering Yesterday: Growing up in Small-town America, 1920s-1940s

Remembering Yesterday

The Story of an Era through the story of a town

It all happened not so very long ago. Mule drawn-carts, little country schools, and families that sat down together for each morning and evening meal.

Step back in time to the days of yesterday in this fascinating glimpse into life in rural America in the 1920s-1940s. Through the eyes of Jefferson County, Florida, trace the history of an era through the history of a single county. Experience anew the joys of simple living and the daily struggles of life amid the Great Depression and World War Two.

Through the words of those who lived it, learn the enthralling story of growing up in small-town America—its delights, its excitements, its heart-wrenching sorrows, and the faith and values that knit a community together.

Table of Contents

1. Of Carpenters and Creatures
2. A Matter of Horses
3. Pate for the Future
4. Fords, Family, and Fulfillment
5. Little Jim and a Tricycle
6. Farmers, Meet Finlayson
7. Fires, Fire Trucks, and Pyrotechnics: A Comedy of Errors
8. Kid’s Clubs and Flying Circuses
9. Goodbye Monticello
10. Lifeline of the Depression
11. A Look at Sports
12. A Judge, a Cow, and an Outboard Motor
13. Growing up in Lloyd
14. Christmas Turkeys and Old-Fashioned Firearms
15. A Lamont Childhood
16. The New Deal and a New Farm
17. A Yankee Moves South
18. Home to Stay