Washington County, Florida It’s a blistering hot day in August, 1898. Four months pregnant, my great grandmother, Minnie Clara Bertha Brock must find a way to survive. Her parents are dead, her land stolen. She has nothing, and no extended family to take her in. Only her parents emigrated with her from Germany. She is not afraid of hard work. But farm work is hard to come by. No one wants to hire a … Continue reading
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