![]() Berry and Lucinda Kenner were married and went to housekeeping in a 10 x 12 Cedar log house on the bluff of the Colorado River. Then up the river to their home, if I remember right, it was September of 1832. When the river was low, you could drive across, it would sink down and water would cover the logs, but you would not bog down. I think it was a ford, maybe a pontoon bridge, logs fastened together and hung to east river bank. ![]() There was no La Grange there but a crossing on the river. I think they were ten days getting to Woods Prairie, a settlement on the Colorado River. He killed deer, turkey and other game so they had plenty to eat. Camping at night, Tom Berry was their guild. They put the wheels back on and rolled them on to Texas soil, hitched the oxen to the wagons that the Berry brought and started on the long tip overland, infested with savages, wild beast, tigers, bears and leopards. The Berry family landed in Velasco, Texas and were met by two Berry brothers who had come ahead and locate a homestead in Texas. The following are excerpts by Rosa Berry Cole from Memories of By-Gone Days and was published by the Smithville Heritage Society. See index of all Footprints of Fayette articles. They first appeared in the weekly column, "Footprints of Fayette," which is published in the Fayette County Record, Banner Press, Flatonia Argus, Schulenburg Sticker, and Weimar Mercury newspapers. These brief histories were written by members of the Fayette County Historical Commission. Footprints of Fayette-La Grange, TX La Grange Footprints of Fayette Articles ![]()
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