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What my grandfather and his family did in 1918 to escape the pandemic that was killing hundreds in Florence, Alabama.
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[quote:Texan Buckeye:MV80NjQ0NjkyXzg0NjAyNzg2XzdBMEMyN0I0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 71883211:MV80NjQ0NjkyXzg0NjAyNjIzX0YxNEI1MTg2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73445971:MV80NjQ0NjkyXzg0NjAyNDA2X0IwOTMxM0U1] How did that keep the family from getting sick ? You didn't even explain it lol [/quote] From what I understand, because there was very little travel to the western plains in those times, the pandemic had not spread to West Texas. At least not to pandemic levels. The pandemic today has spread over the whole world simply because of mass travel (cars, trains, airplanes). Back then there were no planes and few trains, with none in that area of West Texas and the only roads were dirt trails. So, you could run from the virus back then. That is not possible today. [/quote] That's true. Back then Wichita Falls would've barely been a small town with no public services at all. [/quote]
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In 1918 the "Spanish" Flu was ravaging Alabama very badly. They were worried about the children dying from the pandemic. So, he decided to take his whole family including his wife and four kids from Florence, Alabama to Wichita Falls, Texas in a covered wagon pulled by a pair mules.
My mother, before she died still remembered riding in the wagon, since she was the smallest child, while the older kids walked.
My grandfather was a machinist by trade and later moved on to Port Arthur, TX during the oil boom of the 1920s.
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