April Issue - Shades The Magazine

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CAPTURED MOMENTS

mollies rememberings MOLLIE’S STORIES AS TOLD BY MISS RUBY BY VICKIE EVERHART

In the autumn of 1852, Mollie West was born in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. This southern county is where this young girl and her kith 'n kin struggled to survive the years of the war between the states. By 1869, Mollie was an orphan, and on her way ‐‐ via wagon train ‐‐ to a new beginning in Texas.

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