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Tribute to Ed Akin
18 years 1 month ago #1657
by gwhdiesel75
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18 years 1 month ago #1669
by Delta Dirt
Delta Dirt
Avon, Ms 38723
D2 5U and other scrap iron
Replied by Delta Dirt on topic Tribute to Ed Akin
Ed---
I don't know you personally----but our ancestors may have by chance known each other. My great grandfather went out to the gold rush from Vermont----in reading their diaries, looks like they were somewhere close around what is now the Marmon Dam area, just East of Folsum Prison. Went back home and got married----started back out to California overland, but stopped off and settled in Nebraska in 1857. Later, my grandfather purchased land here in Mississippi in 1902.
The nation was on the move even way back then. No Caterpillars in the gold fields back then----just some tough Cats with picks and shovels.
Thanks for the service. Hope to meet you some day. Good luck.
Delta Dirt
I don't know you personally----but our ancestors may have by chance known each other. My great grandfather went out to the gold rush from Vermont----in reading their diaries, looks like they were somewhere close around what is now the Marmon Dam area, just East of Folsum Prison. Went back home and got married----started back out to California overland, but stopped off and settled in Nebraska in 1857. Later, my grandfather purchased land here in Mississippi in 1902.
The nation was on the move even way back then. No Caterpillars in the gold fields back then----just some tough Cats with picks and shovels.
Thanks for the service. Hope to meet you some day. Good luck.
Delta Dirt
Delta Dirt
Avon, Ms 38723
D2 5U and other scrap iron
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18 years 1 month ago #1672
by Walt D7-3T
Replied by Walt D7-3T on topic Thanks Ed.
Ed,
I wish to add my thanks to you for the 6-year term or yours.
I was able to meet you the year at Tulare where I was able to drive your D7 in the parade (George posted photos of me trying to start the pony). It was being stubborn and you came to the rescue. It turned out that there was some rust in the gas line to the pony. Once you got that all cleared up it fire off with ease. I was privileged to ride with George that Saturday and then on Sunday you allowed me to drive the D7 in the parade.
My grand daughter (Sharia) rode with me.
Thanks again for your 6 years and for giving me the privilege of driving your D7 in that parade. It brought back many good memories of when I drove the two D7’s we had on my family ranch when I was in my late teens.
I wish to add my thanks to you for the 6-year term or yours.
I was able to meet you the year at Tulare where I was able to drive your D7 in the parade (George posted photos of me trying to start the pony). It was being stubborn and you came to the rescue. It turned out that there was some rust in the gas line to the pony. Once you got that all cleared up it fire off with ease. I was privileged to ride with George that Saturday and then on Sunday you allowed me to drive the D7 in the parade.
My grand daughter (Sharia) rode with me. Thanks again for your 6 years and for giving me the privilege of driving your D7 in that parade. It brought back many good memories of when I drove the two D7’s we had on my family ranch when I was in my late teens.
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