Covered Wagon Driving Cousin

   The other day, R.S. told me about the last time he had seen his cousin Patricia Schmidt. Pat was the daughter of Henry Schmidt who had left Enid, Okla to seek his fortune elsewhere. Henry ended up being a salesman (sometimes of cars and sometimes of Maytag products). And he married the daughter of a doctor in a small town in Texas.

Back row: wife Fayne, dau. Francis, Henry S., sister Mary 

Front row: dau.Patricia, niece Jean 

   Henry and his wife Fayne had two daughters. One of whom was still living and in her 60's when R.S. and his wife Katy found themselves driving through Texas. They decided to stop in Stephenville to see how cousin Pat was doing.
   She wasn't home, they were told. She's out driving a covered wagon in a re-creation of a wagon train traveling around Texas.
   So R.S. and his wife followed the wagon train and caught up with Pat about suppertime. They spent the evening around the campfire catching up on family business. When it was time to turn in, Pat climbed into her wagon while R.S. and Katy enjoyed the comfort of their motorhome. After all this was the 1980's. No need to rough it.