Thread: Pork.......it's what's for dinner!

Originally Posted by D10

Interesting history lesson. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome. My great-grandpa had a little country store that he had to leave. Just pick up and leave it! On top of that hardship, the government rationed gas and the family couldn't just make trip after trip moving their goods. You had to make your gas count. They were very unfair to my family and others around Camden, Bearden, and Hampton. Move it by this date or you lose it!

Anyway, back to the hogs........glad to get rid of them! GTT

Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

You're welcome. My great-grandpa had a little country store that he had to leave. Just pick up and leave it! On top of that hardship, the government rationed gas and the family couldn't just make trip after trip moving their goods. You had to make your gas count. They were very unfair to my family and others around Camden, Bearden, and Hampton. Move it by this date or you lose it!

Anyway, back to the hogs........glad to get rid of them! GTT

It sounds like folks were getting hosed down there back then. How did the gov justify it and get away with that?

Originally Posted by D10

It sounds like folks were getting hosed down there back then. How did the gov justify it and get away with that?

The government can do pretty much whatever they want. Probably not as easy today as it was back then, but if they want it and you have it, they can get it. They wanted it for a defense plant and it was built, but wasn't completed until after WWII ended. It did bring jobs and prosperity to our area that is still out there today, but the old family land of many people is gated off and guarded. I think families were paid a fair price for their land, but the time table they were given to move is where the hardship was. Not much time to completely relocate a family. GTT

Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

You're welcome. My great-grandpa had a little country store that he had to leave. Just pick up and leave it! On top of that hardship, the government rationed gas and the family couldn't just make trip after trip moving their goods. You had to make your gas count. They were very unfair to my family and others around Camden, Bearden, and Hampton. Move it by this date or you lose it!

Anyway, back to the hogs........glad to get rid of them! GTT

GTT- I'm in a lease off of Smead Bearden down there... The hogs are crazy and only get worse every year. I talk to the old fellas that have hunted there forever and cant imagine what it used to be like before all the government facilities came to town.