| Show called then from the State Penitentiary remember weeks later as we passed over the bridge one day uniformed guard with gun drawn was guarding these convicts moticed one convict in particular who was shoveling rocks intowheel barrow When he hadload he picked upbig steel ball that was fastened tofour foot length of chain which was locked to his ankle He put the ball into the wheel barrow with the rocks and walked over to dump his load So young people you can understand whywill never forget the devastating floods that hit Mt Pleasant Source History of Mt Pleasant S Soil Conservation Service Verlyn Oldham Leora Oldham and John Peterson Family records and authormemory -82 |
