Anna's Stories - Grayton Beach, The Smith House, Sonny, Friends and Family
Posted 05-27-2009 at 07:04 PM by Brenda Rees
Updated 11-05-2009 at 09:13 AM by Brenda Rees (Red Bar, Nelson, Palmer College, Beachmama, Hurricane Eloise, airplane, new three boys, Tuff, PW Smith 1899 Grayton trip)
Updated 11-05-2009 at 09:13 AM by Brenda Rees (Red Bar, Nelson, Palmer College, Beachmama, Hurricane Eloise, airplane, new three boys, Tuff, PW Smith 1899 Grayton trip)
Anna's Stories - By Brenda Rees - Shaping Florida
Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon enjoyed Grayton Beach with her family and friends. Here is the second blog by Brenda Rees - Shaping Florida about her stories and picture collection. Many of the pictures in this particular blog are from 1940-1970. Her son, Sonny Hollingsworth, spent many summers with his Uncle Tuff and Aunt Alline at "The Smith" house. Anna owned lots south of The Smith House. Sonny said there were several "Indian girl graves" on the lots. The lots were sold and he doesn't know what became of the "Indian girl graves." Sonny and my mother recently found a number of pictures and documents in their attic. (c) Brenda Rees All Rights Reserved See "Anna" An Early Walton County Boat for background. Be sure to log on to see pictures!
The Smith House at Grayton Beach in the 1940s. Sonny Hollingsworth, the son of Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon, said his mother owned the lots south of the Smith House. He remembers two Indian girl graves on the lots. What happened to the two Indian girls after Anna sold her lots is unknown.
More pictures to follow.
Anna's beach picture.
Walton girls doing their part to keep the troops happy. Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon is on far left. Also pictured are Jeanette Anderson McDonald and Marybea Kennedy Smart. (sp?)
Sonny Hollingsworth with an airplane that landed on Grayton Beach, probably around the late 1930s. Other children are identified on back of picture as Kelly Bryant and Simpsie Bryant. Sonny didn't remember the story behind this, maybe some will.
A Grayton Beach fishing trip, 1940. Picture from the Anna Smith / Sonny Hollingsworth collection. Residents used the outfall to get out to the gulf to fish. I love the composition of this picture.
Grayton Fishing Trip 1940 - Showing Off The Catch! Western Lake is obviously fairly shallow at this point. "Tuff" Smith's Pompano story is great. Anna Smith kept a copy of her brother's fishing story and letter to editor in 1945.
Sonny Hollingsworth and Thornber Smith at the Grayton Beach outfall, 1942.
Sonny Hollingsworth of DeFuniak Springs hunting at Grayton Beach in 1942 with his Uncle Kenneth "Tuff" Smith. There was a perfect blend of North and South Walton.
Van Ness Butler, Sonny Hollingsworth and Thornber Smith 1942 Grayton Beach. The Smith family had visited Grayton Beach as early as 1899 (see Anna's story about her father's first trip to Grayton Beach at the end of this blog) The Smith House was across the sand road from the Grayton Store and what is now known as the Red Bar.
Sonny Hollingsworth on some beach debris at Grayton in 1943. Sonny's mother was Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon.
Alline Smith with Bullet and Sister at Grayton Beach in 1954. Alline was married to Anna's brother, Kenneth "Tuff" Smith. They had a home in DeFuniak Springs and at Grayton Beach. They also had many beloved dogs that enjoyed the beach. Western Lake looks low so might have just opened to the Gulf. This picture and others are from the Anna Smith - Sonny Hollingsworth collection. Sonny recently donated Alline's 1902 Christening dress to the Walton County Heritage Museum.
Frieda and Fran II at Grayton Beach in 1965. Enjoying the view that many enjoy today. Thanks for keeping South Walton and Walton County beautiful for us.
Alline Smith at The Smith House in Grayton after the 1975 Hurricane. Alline was Sonny Hollingsworth's aunt.
Alline Smith at Grayton Beach after Hurricane Eloise 1975.
Here's another picture of the three boys at Grayton Beach. They are showing off one of their "finds" in front of the Smith House. (Van Ness, Thornber and Sonny) Their families had moved to Walton County from South Dakota years earlier.
Smith House at Grayton Beach in 1962.
Kenneth Robert "Tuff" Smith as a young man. He and his wife Alline built and owned "The Smith House" in Grayton Beach. The materials were salvaged from a shipwreck washed up from the Gulf around 1925. The house had additions and changes over the years. A longtime Grayton Beach family are the new owners and current loving caretakers of this home. Tuff, an avid sportsman, is also known for his fish stories. The Smith family had migrated permanently to Walton County from South Dakota around 1903. Tuff's father made a camping trip to Grayton Beach in 1899 and other Smith family members rented homes and attended Florida Chautauqua festivities in DeFuniak Springs in 1900 -01, 1901-02 and 1902-03.
Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon wrote many stories about Walton County. Here is a story about her father, Percy Warren Smith, and his first trip to Grayton Beach. Percy’s children and grandchildren (and now great and great-great grandchildren) enjoyed and loved Grayton Beach as you’ve seen in some of the pictures in this blog. Anna Reardon had this story published in the Herald-Breeze around 1972 (date unclear on copy). Enjoy "Anna's Stories" -- Brenda Rees -- Shaping Florida
Percy Warren Smith was the father of Tuff Smith who was the first owner and builder of The Smith House at Grayton Beach. This story is by Percy's daughter, Anna (Smith) Hollingsworth Reardon. (Photo from Anna's collection left with her son, Sonny Hollingsworth)
Bits and Pieces of Walton County History
Grayton Beach
By Anna Reardon
"A recent inquiry about early days of Grayton Beach brings to mind a tale my father used to tell. He (Percy Warren Smith) was born in Lamar, Missouri, and by his early teens, was homesteading land in the Dakota Territory. By age sixteen, he taught a one-room school on the prairie, and was cited for bravery in protecting the school children during the great blizzard of 1888.
He became an abstracter, married, and had four children. They lived in the small town of Tyndall, South Dakota. Also living there were his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. L.I. Smith and my maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thornber.
They wearied of the severe winters, so by the late 1890s, my great uncle began a series of exploratory trips to the southeastern United States. Sometimes he was accompanied by other family members. About 1899, Uncle L.I. and my father discovered DeFuniak Springs. While they were here, my father, who enjoyed hunting and fishing, went on a camping trip.
I don’t recall the names of others who went along, but I’ve heard many times of “Pink” Boone’s fish camp on the Choctawhatchee River, near what is now Bruce. After several days there, they traveled by mules and wagons to Grayton beach. They must have forded the river at the Cowford, and followed a sand trail to the Gulf.
My father was overwhelmed by the wild and desolate beauty of Grayton Beach. There probably were a few early settlers nearby, and no doubt the old hotel, later known as “Washaway,” was there. (“Washaway” was so named because in a hurricane it was washed and blown intact from the wide sand beach, over the dunes to its later location north of the dunes.) At any rate, the camping party stayed at Grayton several days.
This extended family (Smiths and Thornbers) returned to DeFuniak Springs for the winters of 1900, 1901 and 1902. They liked it well enough so that by 1903, they moved here permanently.
My father, who knew nothing of farming, became a farmer and dairyman. So for as I know, he never hunted and fished again after the “Pink” Boone trip. It must have been in the 1930s before he returned to Grayton Beach, but he never forgot his first visit there. "
Tuff's Poem About Dogs -- The original poem written on Smith Dairy paper is posted in the blog on the dairy.
Tuff’s Untitled Dog Poem – Jan 26-30
Oh, Nomad feet that would wander wide at will!
Oh, Nomad restless heart, that never could be still!
Why must this brave pair yield to time and age
Until both lie dead; perhaps grieving
For journeys yet undone?
No longer obedient to the lure of far off woods,
Of golden fields, and unconquered hills.
No other dog neither hound, shepherd or bull
Could be more noble or more beautiful
Than him, who was more courteous than people.
Whose head was higher and whose body would ripple
More silkily than any of his kind.
When he with gentle hope to please
Brought in a bird and with a humorous fare
Dropped it in my hand, I lacked all hateful
thoughts
(signed) Tuff
July 4th, 2009, Ernest L. (Sonny) Hollingsworth shows off his Aunt Alline Smith's 1902 Christening Gown he recently donated to the Walton County Heritage Museum in DeFuniak Springs. Alline and Tuff Smith built one of the early homes at Grayton Beach and also had a home at the family's historic Smith Dairy in DeFuniak Springs. Sonny spent much of his childhood and life with them at both places.
Footnote to Big Mama's girls: I stopped by to give Sonny his birthday present (early). His birthday is Aug. 10, guess he'll be 83. He told me his mother's sister, Billie, and her husband had sold their laundry business to Big Mama's (Bets) relative, Mr. Nelson. (I need to research just what relation this was. Bets Haynes mother and father were L. Wells and Bessie Tervin Nelson. Bessie Tervin was a student at Palmer College in DeFuniak in 1916-1918. Anna Smith, Sonny's mother, was a senior at Palmer in 1922. I'll post more about Palmer College later.) Billie moved to Miami shortly after that. What a small world. You might want to go to my Smith Dairy Blog and see more about Billie, etc. There is a great picture of Billie and her husband on the beach near Camp Walton on my Camp Walton - Mary Esther blog. I also think I've told you the story about Bets Nelson Haynes' mother teaching my mother math. My Mom, Gloria, remembers her saying, "Now, watch me as I go through the board." as she put math problems up for them to complete. This would have been at the school up in DeFuniak.
Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon enjoyed Grayton Beach with her family and friends. Here is the second blog by Brenda Rees - Shaping Florida about her stories and picture collection. Many of the pictures in this particular blog are from 1940-1970. Her son, Sonny Hollingsworth, spent many summers with his Uncle Tuff and Aunt Alline at "The Smith" house. Anna owned lots south of The Smith House. Sonny said there were several "Indian girl graves" on the lots. The lots were sold and he doesn't know what became of the "Indian girl graves." Sonny and my mother recently found a number of pictures and documents in their attic. (c) Brenda Rees All Rights Reserved See "Anna" An Early Walton County Boat for background. Be sure to log on to see pictures!
The Smith House at Grayton Beach in the 1940s. Sonny Hollingsworth, the son of Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon, said his mother owned the lots south of the Smith House. He remembers two Indian girl graves on the lots. What happened to the two Indian girls after Anna sold her lots is unknown.
More pictures to follow.
Anna's beach picture.
Walton girls doing their part to keep the troops happy. Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon is on far left. Also pictured are Jeanette Anderson McDonald and Marybea Kennedy Smart. (sp?)
Sonny Hollingsworth with an airplane that landed on Grayton Beach, probably around the late 1930s. Other children are identified on back of picture as Kelly Bryant and Simpsie Bryant. Sonny didn't remember the story behind this, maybe some will.
A Grayton Beach fishing trip, 1940. Picture from the Anna Smith / Sonny Hollingsworth collection. Residents used the outfall to get out to the gulf to fish. I love the composition of this picture.
Grayton Fishing Trip 1940 - Showing Off The Catch! Western Lake is obviously fairly shallow at this point. "Tuff" Smith's Pompano story is great. Anna Smith kept a copy of her brother's fishing story and letter to editor in 1945.
Sonny Hollingsworth and Thornber Smith at the Grayton Beach outfall, 1942.
Sonny Hollingsworth of DeFuniak Springs hunting at Grayton Beach in 1942 with his Uncle Kenneth "Tuff" Smith. There was a perfect blend of North and South Walton.
Van Ness Butler, Sonny Hollingsworth and Thornber Smith 1942 Grayton Beach. The Smith family had visited Grayton Beach as early as 1899 (see Anna's story about her father's first trip to Grayton Beach at the end of this blog) The Smith House was across the sand road from the Grayton Store and what is now known as the Red Bar.
Sonny Hollingsworth on some beach debris at Grayton in 1943. Sonny's mother was Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon.
Alline Smith with Bullet and Sister at Grayton Beach in 1954. Alline was married to Anna's brother, Kenneth "Tuff" Smith. They had a home in DeFuniak Springs and at Grayton Beach. They also had many beloved dogs that enjoyed the beach. Western Lake looks low so might have just opened to the Gulf. This picture and others are from the Anna Smith - Sonny Hollingsworth collection. Sonny recently donated Alline's 1902 Christening dress to the Walton County Heritage Museum.
Frieda and Fran II at Grayton Beach in 1965. Enjoying the view that many enjoy today. Thanks for keeping South Walton and Walton County beautiful for us.
Alline Smith at The Smith House in Grayton after the 1975 Hurricane. Alline was Sonny Hollingsworth's aunt.
Alline Smith at Grayton Beach after Hurricane Eloise 1975.
Here's another picture of the three boys at Grayton Beach. They are showing off one of their "finds" in front of the Smith House. (Van Ness, Thornber and Sonny) Their families had moved to Walton County from South Dakota years earlier.
Smith House at Grayton Beach in 1962.
Kenneth Robert "Tuff" Smith as a young man. He and his wife Alline built and owned "The Smith House" in Grayton Beach. The materials were salvaged from a shipwreck washed up from the Gulf around 1925. The house had additions and changes over the years. A longtime Grayton Beach family are the new owners and current loving caretakers of this home. Tuff, an avid sportsman, is also known for his fish stories. The Smith family had migrated permanently to Walton County from South Dakota around 1903. Tuff's father made a camping trip to Grayton Beach in 1899 and other Smith family members rented homes and attended Florida Chautauqua festivities in DeFuniak Springs in 1900 -01, 1901-02 and 1902-03.
Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon wrote many stories about Walton County. Here is a story about her father, Percy Warren Smith, and his first trip to Grayton Beach. Percy’s children and grandchildren (and now great and great-great grandchildren) enjoyed and loved Grayton Beach as you’ve seen in some of the pictures in this blog. Anna Reardon had this story published in the Herald-Breeze around 1972 (date unclear on copy). Enjoy "Anna's Stories" -- Brenda Rees -- Shaping Florida
Percy Warren Smith was the father of Tuff Smith who was the first owner and builder of The Smith House at Grayton Beach. This story is by Percy's daughter, Anna (Smith) Hollingsworth Reardon. (Photo from Anna's collection left with her son, Sonny Hollingsworth)
Bits and Pieces of Walton County History
Grayton Beach
By Anna Reardon
"A recent inquiry about early days of Grayton Beach brings to mind a tale my father used to tell. He (Percy Warren Smith) was born in Lamar, Missouri, and by his early teens, was homesteading land in the Dakota Territory. By age sixteen, he taught a one-room school on the prairie, and was cited for bravery in protecting the school children during the great blizzard of 1888.
He became an abstracter, married, and had four children. They lived in the small town of Tyndall, South Dakota. Also living there were his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. L.I. Smith and my maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thornber.
They wearied of the severe winters, so by the late 1890s, my great uncle began a series of exploratory trips to the southeastern United States. Sometimes he was accompanied by other family members. About 1899, Uncle L.I. and my father discovered DeFuniak Springs. While they were here, my father, who enjoyed hunting and fishing, went on a camping trip.
I don’t recall the names of others who went along, but I’ve heard many times of “Pink” Boone’s fish camp on the Choctawhatchee River, near what is now Bruce. After several days there, they traveled by mules and wagons to Grayton beach. They must have forded the river at the Cowford, and followed a sand trail to the Gulf.
My father was overwhelmed by the wild and desolate beauty of Grayton Beach. There probably were a few early settlers nearby, and no doubt the old hotel, later known as “Washaway,” was there. (“Washaway” was so named because in a hurricane it was washed and blown intact from the wide sand beach, over the dunes to its later location north of the dunes.) At any rate, the camping party stayed at Grayton several days.
This extended family (Smiths and Thornbers) returned to DeFuniak Springs for the winters of 1900, 1901 and 1902. They liked it well enough so that by 1903, they moved here permanently.
My father, who knew nothing of farming, became a farmer and dairyman. So for as I know, he never hunted and fished again after the “Pink” Boone trip. It must have been in the 1930s before he returned to Grayton Beach, but he never forgot his first visit there. "
Tuff's Poem About Dogs -- The original poem written on Smith Dairy paper is posted in the blog on the dairy.
Tuff’s Untitled Dog Poem – Jan 26-30
Oh, Nomad feet that would wander wide at will!
Oh, Nomad restless heart, that never could be still!
Why must this brave pair yield to time and age
Until both lie dead; perhaps grieving
For journeys yet undone?
No longer obedient to the lure of far off woods,
Of golden fields, and unconquered hills.
No other dog neither hound, shepherd or bull
Could be more noble or more beautiful
Than him, who was more courteous than people.
Whose head was higher and whose body would ripple
More silkily than any of his kind.
When he with gentle hope to please
Brought in a bird and with a humorous fare
Dropped it in my hand, I lacked all hateful
thoughts
(signed) Tuff
July 4th, 2009, Ernest L. (Sonny) Hollingsworth shows off his Aunt Alline Smith's 1902 Christening Gown he recently donated to the Walton County Heritage Museum in DeFuniak Springs. Alline and Tuff Smith built one of the early homes at Grayton Beach and also had a home at the family's historic Smith Dairy in DeFuniak Springs. Sonny spent much of his childhood and life with them at both places.
Footnote to Big Mama's girls: I stopped by to give Sonny his birthday present (early). His birthday is Aug. 10, guess he'll be 83. He told me his mother's sister, Billie, and her husband had sold their laundry business to Big Mama's (Bets) relative, Mr. Nelson. (I need to research just what relation this was. Bets Haynes mother and father were L. Wells and Bessie Tervin Nelson. Bessie Tervin was a student at Palmer College in DeFuniak in 1916-1918. Anna Smith, Sonny's mother, was a senior at Palmer in 1922. I'll post more about Palmer College later.) Billie moved to Miami shortly after that. What a small world. You might want to go to my Smith Dairy Blog and see more about Billie, etc. There is a great picture of Billie and her husband on the beach near Camp Walton on my Camp Walton - Mary Esther blog. I also think I've told you the story about Bets Nelson Haynes' mother teaching my mother math. My Mom, Gloria, remembers her saying, "Now, watch me as I go through the board." as she put math problems up for them to complete. This would have been at the school up in DeFuniak.
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Great stuff Brenda!
Here's a fish tale from Tuff Smith from 1945 - Grayton Beach Fishing - Old Pompano Story | www.graytonbeach.com
Apparently, they built the Smith House from cypress lumber that washed up on the beach after the ship which was carrying it caught on fire and sank. Some of the boards are still blackened from the fire.
The house was across the street from the old general store (now the Red Bar) until it got washed off its foundation by Hurricane Opal on October 4th 1995.
After Opal, it was moved to its current location on DeFuniak Street and renovated it. They even added air conditioning! It was recently purchased and is again being remodeled.Posted 05-28-2009 at 08:25 AM by kurt
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Hi...Love your old photos and tales of Grayton. I came here as a young child and stayed at Bert's Barn. I loved my time at Grayton and when I retired in 2000 came back here to live.
I am a member of the Grayton Beach Neighborhood Association and we are setting up a committee to work on gathering old photos and documents and especially stories of the old Grayton. We would love to have you become a member of the group...we are still setting up the committee but your knowledge and participation would be great.
Ann Morrell
(yzarctoo@aol.com)Posted 05-28-2009 at 11:41 AM by Yzarctoo
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I'd love to sit in on your committee some time or have a cup of coffee with you. It is wonderful that your committee is working on gathering Grayton's history. Very busy with multiple Florida, Walton County stories and projects so don't have time to join another committee presently. Thank you and look forward to meeting.Quote:Originally Posted by Yzarctoo
Hi...Love your old photos and tales of Grayton. I came here as a young child and stayed at Bert's Barn. I loved my time at Grayton and when I retired in 2000 came back here to live.
I am a member of the Grayton Beach Neighborhood Association and we are setting up a committee to work on gathering old photos and documents and especially stories of the old Grayton. We would love to have you become a member of the group...we are still setting up the committee but your knowledge and participation would be great.
Ann Morrell
(yzarctoo@aol.com)Posted 05-28-2009 at 02:53 PM by Brenda Rees
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Tuff's "Pompano" story is classic. His sister, Anna, kept a copy of the Florida Sportsman article along with his letter to the editor.Quote:Originally Posted by kurt
Great stuff Brenda!
Here's a fish tale from Tuff Smith from 1945 - Grayton Beach Fishing - Old Pompano Story | www.graytonbeach.com
Apparently, they built the Smith House from cypress lumber that washed up on the beach after the ship which was carrying it caught on fire and sank. Some of the boards are still blackened from the fire.
The house was across the street from the old general store (now the Red Bar) until it got washed off its foundation by Hurricane Opal on October 4th 1995.
After Opal, it was moved to its current location on DeFuniak Street and renovated it. They even added air conditioning! It was recently purchased and is again being remodeled.Posted 05-28-2009 at 02:56 PM by Brenda Rees
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Brenda: These are wonderful photos and your commentary is perfect!
Billy and I are almost finished with our "tweak" on the Smith House. It is such a jewel and we are so proud to have a part in preserving such an historic residence. Please stop by if you see our cars there. We would love to show you and Lane the house.
I was showing Wells the photos you posted and I got to the one of the 3 boys outside the house when I covered the caption and asked who the boy on the left looked like. He said, without hesitation, "Zeb Butler." I had to laugh -- those Bulter genes are sure strong!
I also loved the photo of the airplane on the beach! It reminded me of one that my family has of my dad using our old jeep to pull a small plane off the beach in Grayton. Apparently, the pilot was either having engine trouble or just ran out of gas and landed on the beach and had to be towed off.
Thanks again for the wonderful history lesson. Grayton is such a unique place.
KellyPosted 05-28-2009 at 04:57 PM by Grayton Girl
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Kelly, The Smith House is in good and loving hands. Sonny was pleased to hear you and Billy had the house. We'd love to see it! Maybe Mom and Sonny will be down and can stop by, too. We'd have lots of good stories to share. BrendaQuote:Originally Posted by Grayton Girl
Brenda: These are wonderful photos and your commentary is perfect!
Billy and I are almost finished with our "tweak" on the Smith House. It is such a jewel and we are so proud to have a part in preserving such an historic residence. Please stop by if you see our cars there. We would love to show you and Lane the house.
I was showing Wells the photos you posted and I got to the one of the 3 boys outside the house when I covered the caption and asked who the boy on the left looked like. He said, without hesitation, "Zeb Butler." I had to laugh -- those Bulter genes are sure strong!
I also loved the photo of the airplane on the beach! It reminded me of one that my family has of my dad using our old jeep to pull a small plane off the beach in Grayton. Apparently, the pilot was either having engine trouble or just ran out of gas and landed on the beach and had to be towed off.
Thanks again for the wonderful history lesson. Grayton is such a unique place.
KellyPosted 05-28-2009 at 05:47 PM by Brenda Rees
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I love, love, love these photos and stories!!!
Posted 05-28-2009 at 09:42 PM by DD
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Cool pics
Absolutely wonderful pictures! Keep it up.Posted 05-29-2009 at 05:06 AM by Lake View Too
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Wonderful to see pics and to learn more about Grayton's history...Thanks....Posted 05-29-2009 at 06:55 AM by jensieblue 
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Thanks for the wonderful photos and stories , Brenda. you certainly are ehnancing our historical knowledge here in Walton County!
Have a great weekend! KARE.Posted 05-29-2009 at 08:38 AM by KARE
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brenda,
Thanks for preserving and increasing awareness of the history of our area!Posted 05-29-2009 at 08:43 AM by hnooe
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Kelly, I always get nervous when I hear of our older homes being bought, but I was sure glad to find out it was y'all!Quote:Originally Posted by Grayton Girl
Brenda: These are wonderful photos and your commentary is perfect!
Billy and I are almost finished with our "tweak" on the Smith House. It is such a jewel and we are so proud to have a part in preserving such an historic residence. Please stop by if you see our cars there. We would love to show you and Lane the house.
I was showing Wells the photos you posted and I got to the one of the 3 boys outside the house when I covered the caption and asked who the boy on the left looked like. He said, without hesitation, "Zeb Butler." I had to laugh -- those Bulter genes are sure strong!
I also loved the photo of the airplane on the beach! It reminded me of one that my family has of my dad using our old jeep to pull a small plane off the beach in Grayton. Apparently, the pilot was either having engine trouble or just ran out of gas and landed on the beach and had to be towed off.
Thanks again for the wonderful history lesson. Grayton is such a unique place.
Kelly
And Wells isn't alone - I've seen pictures of Van Ness as a child before, but in that picture my first thought was of Zeb.
Posted 05-29-2009 at 08:53 AM by ShallowsNole
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Saw Kelly this morning at Publix and she was telling me all about purchasing the old Smith House! That's just too cool. So glad it was them. She also told me to take a look at these pictures and find "Zeb"....wasn't hard. Love them all!!!Posted 05-29-2009 at 09:48 AM by ItzKatzTime
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Grayt pictures and blog. Keep 'em coming.Posted 05-31-2009 at 01:06 AM by SWGB
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so cool.Love these stories! .I have a common history with the early Graytonites...I was born in Missouri, family migrated to South Dakota, then summered here then moved permanently to Grayton Beach area.Posted 06-09-2009 at 04:23 PM by T.Cline
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Thanks Brends. So enjoy the history of this beauiful beach and the pictures are amazing! I'm ready to go fishing!
FrancescaPosted 06-10-2009 at 12:42 PM by Franny
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