Great Uncle Gene Ray Edds took the boys to the grave of their Great Great Grandparents Aretus Huston Edds 1838 – 1894 and Mary Jane Edds 1847-1922. Aretus drove a Huckster Wagon. Today the term Huckster is a pejorative, but it wasn’t always. In the 19th Century, a Huckster was an essential trading pipeline for rural country folks who might only go to town a few times per year. He would load his wagon in the city with items like bolts of cloth, boots, hats, tin-ware, wooden boxes, brooms, toys, spices, horse liniment, soaps, writing paper and house wares, then head deep into the country. For payment, he would take cash, or in-kind trades - crocks of home-churned butter, fresh eggs or even live chickens, which he would deliver back to town for resale.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Five Generations Scanning 170 years
Great Uncle Gene Ray Edds took the boys to the grave of their Great Great Grandparents Aretus Huston Edds 1838 – 1894 and Mary Jane Edds 1847-1922. Aretus drove a Huckster Wagon. Today the term Huckster is a pejorative, but it wasn’t always. In the 19th Century, a Huckster was an essential trading pipeline for rural country folks who might only go to town a few times per year. He would load his wagon in the city with items like bolts of cloth, boots, hats, tin-ware, wooden boxes, brooms, toys, spices, horse liniment, soaps, writing paper and house wares, then head deep into the country. For payment, he would take cash, or in-kind trades - crocks of home-churned butter, fresh eggs or even live chickens, which he would deliver back to town for resale.
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