The photo was taken in 1909 on the Hairgrove Family Farm near Tenaha. Every November, family, friends and neighbors would gather to cut the ribbon sugar cane and assist in making the syrup with the help of the family mule.The couple in the center are my great-grandparents, Aurora Council (A.C.) and Jodie Duke Hairgrove.My grandfather, Wilburn Hairgrove, is the fourth boy from the ...
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