Title The stories of I.C. Eason, King of the Dog People / as told to Blair Pittman ; with photographs by Blair Pittman ; introduction by Don Moser

Edition 1st ed Published Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 129 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction / Don Moser -- The Way It Was -- My First Dog -- Fishin' Story -- First Pair of Shoes -- The Bulls -- Gran'ma and the Well -- Panther and Red Oak -- Haints and Spirits -- The Snake and the Baby -- The Snake, the Bird, and the Squirrel -- Squirrel Slot Machine -- The Whiskey Still -- Mama and the Deer -- The Highway -- Silsbee to Woodville -- Leave All Mercy at Home -- The Company Store -- The Turnin' Point -- The Land War Summary Few people lived in the Neches River bottom as late as 1970. Humans were noticeable only in the occasional cabin or lean-to hunting camps built on the higher river bank ground. Some of these camps belonged to locals known as the Dog People because their hunting methods - handed down by their ancestors who had found this wilderness shortly before the Civil War - using a local-bred dog called a cur. This type of hunting was a method of survival that often prevented Starvation for families during the Depression years. I.C. Eason grew up in those lean times. His oral stories of generations of Dog People come from around the campfire, from the fishing boat, in front of a potbellied stove. In the 1970s, I.C. Eason made the decision to prove ownership to his land, which, along with most river bottom land, had never had a deed filed on it. With a lawyer, he took on the big companies that wanted to cut the timber, drill for oil, lay Pipelines, and put up miles of power lines. All of a sudden he was in the middle of a big battle, and he soon became known as "The King of the Dog People." Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Manners and customs SUBJECT Neches River Valley (Tex.) -- Social life and customs Subject Texas -- Neches River Valley Form Electronic book Author Pittman, Blair, 1937- ISBN 0585281653 9780585281650

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