Reeves' story was taken because of his clear memories of his parents
and grandparents. He described to me an old log house still standing in
Union County.
I got all agog with excitement. I asked him for the exact location. He
gave it. Then I suggested that maybe he would go down with me sometime
to visit it. He agreed. Then at the last moment caution began to assert
itself, and I said, "When was the last time you saw the cabin?"
He reflected a moment; then he said, "Waal, I guess it was a little more
'an fifty years ago."