smith homestead

 

As a child, I thought the Smiths lived in a big house surrounded by stately trees.  Today's reality didn't match my memories.  My Uncle Ed said it was all right to wander around and photograph the barn.  I didn't ask when the barn was built but it predates the 1950s tractor still inside.  Uncle Ed's father moved to Lorenzo in 1910 around age 11 -- before the town was incorporated. The Smith family engaged in farming and had a gin. Ed, the Lorenzo ginner's son, married my Aunt Betty, the New Deal ginner's daughter (guess who was flowergirl).  Uncle Ed, age 84, still "supervises" son and grandson who farm the family land.

 

Lorenzo, Texas