Ecofina this week??

[Hit-n-Miss]

You're from GA.....right??

. Actually I was born in Jacksonville and now live in ga. That make me a Red Cracker or a Cracker Neck ? Lol


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[MudDucker]

You're from GA.....right??

Now you look here whipper snapper, you better say Mr. Redneck sir! You obviously are a Yankee if you hold that term in anything less than absolute awe and admiration. You see, the term redneck comes from farmers. Farmers used to have the back of their neck sunburned by working on the farm without any covered tractors or hoodies. Now if you look down on a farmer, you are ignorant of what it takes to be a successful farmer. A successful farmer is a chemist, a mathematician, a plant science expert and an expert in animal husbandry. Most are mechanics and blacksmiths so they can keep their gear working and fabricate what they need that isn't readily available. You might thank a Doctor or other professional every now and again, but you should thank a farmer 3 times a day.

BTW, I am not a farmer, I am an agriculturist. A farmer makes his money on the farm and spends it in town. An agriculturist makes his money in town and spends it on the farm. Both of my granddaddies had farming as one of their professions.

[MudDucker]

You're from GA.....right??

. Actually I was born in Jacksonville and now live in ga. That make me a Red Cracker or a Cracker Neck ? Lol


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No brother, you are just confused.

Actually, there is one line of historians who think the term cracker actually came from Georgia and the huge mule train wagons. The crack came from their use of the whip. They used to run into Florida trading with the indians and bringing their goods back up to Georgia to be sold and shipped by rail or boat to the yankee markets. As a sideline, many settled and started cattle operations. There is even a line of horses breed for Florida cattle ranching now known as Florida Cracker Horses.

Prior to the Yankee invasion of the 60's, a majority of Floridians whose name was not Juan originated out of Georgia. My mother's family had two parts, the Georgians and the Floridians because two brothers took different paths after the War of Northern Aggression. One stayed home in Georgia (my mother's line) and the other moved to Jacksonville. The Florida had two children when the first moved. I don't have a record of but one of those children. That child's clan limped along only having one child per generation until my Great Uncle, who had no children or least none that we know of. I don't know what happened to the other child's lineage, but I am still looking for clues.

My family laughed at my mother for moving below the gnat line and they really talked bad about those who moved down to the swamp.

[Jumptrout51]

Back on the subject of Econfina this week.

[Ttt]

Nice catch there sir! Thanks for the report.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY H & M , I WAS BORN ON A CATTLE RANCH RIGHT NEXT THE OLD GUSTAFFSON DAIRY DOWN SOUTH OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS. MY GRAND MOTHER AND FATHER DIED YOUNG AND MY MOTHER HAD TO RAISE 4 BROTHERS, AND 3 SISTERS AS WELL AS RUN THE RANCH AND EDUCATE EVERYONE AT HOME IN CLAY HILL. I SPENT MANY DAYS IN AND ROUND JACKSONVILLE BEFORE GOING INTO THE MARINES AT THE BEGINNING OF WW 2. WHEN I CAME BACK FROM 4 YRS BOMBING AND KILLING AS MANY JAPS AS I COULD I DECIDED TO GET MARRIED AND GO TO COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATING WITH 2 DEGREES FROM THE UN OF FLA. I HEADED SOUTH TO AVON PARK FLA. WHERE WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE UNTIL THE FREEZE OF 1957 CAME ALONG AND WE LOST EVERYTHING WE HAD EXCEPT OUR HOME. THERE WAS NOT ANY WORK TO BE HAD IN OR AROUND AVON PARK. I WENT BACK TO JACKSONVILLE AND CONTACTED MR. COPPAGE, HE OWNED THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER SHIP YARDS AS WELL AS THE SEALAND SHIPPING AND MANY TUG BOATS THAT CARRIED ON TRADE TO THE ISLANDS IN SOUTH AMERICA. I WORKED FOR MR. COPPAGE BEFORE THE WAR IN THE SHIP YARD IN JACKSONVILLE. I WAS RAISED IN MURRAY HILL BUT WHEN I RETURNED TO JACKSONVILLE IN 1957, MR COPPAGE LOANED ME ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY SEVERAL OVER THE ROAD TRUCKS AND I STARTED THE ALMAR TRANSPORT CO. IN 1958, I HAD A CONTRACT TO HAUL MOST OF THE IMPORTED CARS AND TRUCKS THAT CAME INTO THE PORT OF JACKSONVILLE, I CAN NEVER THANK MR COPPAGE ENOUGH FOR HELPING ME GET BACK ON MY FEET, HE WAS LIKE A DADDY TO ME. FROM THIS WE WENT ON TO GREATER THINGS, I BUILT A HOME ON SOME PROPERTY I BOUGHT ON THE TROUT RIVER IN 1959, WE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO CAIRO, GA. MY WIFE'S FATHER GAVE US THE PROPERTY WE NOW LIVE ON, I BUILT THE SOUTH FORTY HOME IN 1989 AND WE MOVED HERE IN 1990 WHEN I FINISHED BUILDING OUR HOME AND WORKSHED FOR OUR EQUIPMENT. I SAY ALL OF THIS TO FIND OUT WHERE DID YOU LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, WE LIVED ON TROUT RIVER ON BROWARD RD. ON THE NORTH SIDE. MY OLDEST SON BUILT HIS HOME ACROSS THE RIVER FROM US AND HE STILL LIVES THERE, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER BUILT HER HOME ON OLD PLANK ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE, SHE HAS HER DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN MC CLINNY, JUST WEST OF JACKSONVILLE ABOUT 20 MILES.
AFTER ALL THE KIDS SAW HOW HARD I HAD TO WORK TO GET THEM ALL EDUCATED, THEY DECIDED TO BECOME DOCTORS INSTEAD OF TRUCK DRIVERS, MY OLDEST SON IS A RADIOLOGIST AT SHANDS HOSPITAL, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER JUST RETIRED FROM THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL AS ASISTANT SUPERTEDENT OF SCHOOLS SYSTEM,
THE SECOND TIME, AND MY YOUNGEST IS A HYDRAWLIC ENGINEER AND OWNS HIS ON CONSULTING FIRM.
I REALLY DID NOT MEAN TO WRITE A LIVES HISTORY, IT JUST CAME OUT. WHERE DID YOU LIVE AND WORK IN JACKSONVILLE?
PA
SEMPER FI

[countrycorners]

Futchcairo,
Thanks for sharing that history, your story is pretty amazing and interesting!
Keep it going!!

[Hit-n-Miss]

HEY H & M , I WAS BORN ON A CATTLE RANCH RIGHT NEXT THE OLD GUSTAFFSON DAIRY DOWN SOUTH OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS. MY GRAND MOTHER AND FATHER DIED YOUNG AND MY MOTHER HAD TO RAISE 4 BROTHERS, AND 3 SISTERS AS WELL AS RUN THE RANCH AND EDUCATE EVERYONE AT HOME IN CLAY HILL. I SPENT MANY DAYS IN AND ROUND JACKSONVILLE BEFORE GOING INTO THE MARINES AT THE BEGINNING OF WW 2. WHEN I CAME BACK FROM 4 YRS BOMBING AND KILLING AS MANY JAPS AS I COULD I DECIDED TO GET MARRIED AND GO TO COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATING WITH 2 DEGREES FROM THE UN OF FLA. I HEADED SOUTH TO AVON PARK FLA. WHERE WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE UNTIL THE FREEZE OF 1957 CAME ALONG AND WE LOST EVERYTHING WE HAD EXCEPT OUR HOME. THERE WAS NOT ANY WORK TO BE HAD IN OR AROUND AVON PARK. I WENT BACK TO JACKSONVILLE AND CONTACTED MR. COPPAGE, HE OWNED THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER SHIP YARDS AS WELL AS THE SEALAND SHIPPING AND MANY TUG BOATS THAT CARRIED ON TRADE TO THE ISLANDS IN SOUTH AMERICA. I WORKED FOR MR. COPPAGE BEFORE THE WAR IN THE SHIP YARD IN JACKSONVILLE. I WAS RAISED IN MURRAY HILL BUT WHEN I RETURNED TO JACKSONVILLE IN 1957, MR COPPAGE LOANED ME ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY SEVERAL OVER THE ROAD TRUCKS AND I STARTED THE ALMAR TRANSPORT CO. IN 1958, I HAD A CONTRACT TO HAUL MOST OF THE IMPORTED CARS AND TRUCKS THAT CAME INTO THE PORT OF JACKSONVILLE, I CAN NEVER THANK MR COPPAGE ENOUGH FOR HELPING ME GET BACK ON MY FEET, HE WAS LIKE A DADDY TO ME. FROM THIS WE WENT ON TO GREATER THINGS, I BUILT A HOME ON SOME PROPERTY I BOUGHT ON THE TROUT RIVER IN 1959, WE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO CAIRO, GA. MY WIFE'S FATHER GAVE US THE PROPERTY WE NOW LIVE ON, I BUILT THE SOUTH FORTY HOME IN 1989 AND WE MOVED HERE IN 1990 WHEN I FINISHED BUILDING OUR HOME AND WORKSHED FOR OUR EQUIPMENT. I SAY ALL OF THIS TO FIND OUT WHERE DID YOU LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, WE LIVED ON TROUT RIVER ON BROWARD RD. ON THE NORTH SIDE. MY OLDEST SON BUILT HIS HOME ACROSS THE RIVER FROM US AND HE STILL LIVES THERE, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER BUILT HER HOME ON OLD PLANK ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE, SHE HAS HER DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN MC CLINNY, JUST WEST OF JACKSONVILLE ABOUT 20 MILES.
AFTER ALL THE KIDS SAW HOW HARD I HAD TO WORK TO GET THEM ALL EDUCATED, THEY DECIDED TO BECOME DOCTORS INSTEAD OF TRUCK DRIVERS, MY OLDEST SON IS A RADIOLOGIST AT SHANDS HOSPITAL, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER JUST RETIRED FROM THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL AS ASISTANT SUPERTEDENT OF SCHOOLS SYSTEM,
THE SECOND TIME, AND MY YOUNGEST IS A HYDRAWLIC ENGINEER AND OWNS HIS ON CONSULTING FIRM.
I REALLY DID NOT MEAN TO WRITE A LIVES HISTORY, IT JUST CAME OUT. WHERE DID YOU LIVE AND WORK IN JACKSONVILLE?
PA
SEMPER FI

. I lived on Glorianne cir just off of University blvd in south side of Jacksonville. I was too joung to work when I lived there. But my dad was a welder at Glidden. I moved to thomasville at 15 in 1983 to help my grandma after my grandfather died and have been here ever since. Great story by the way you have seen a lot and done a lot in your life. You sound like a proud father and thank you for your service. This is what we caught today 7th.


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[killswitch]

Nice catch. Looks like you found a few.