William T. Johnson vs Steam Locomotive

When I was three or four, I was at my grandparents' home on Railroad Street in Elberton, GA, in the front yard, preparing to watch the train go by. As the train approached, it looked much fiercer to me than normal, so I had no choice but to run in the house and hook the screen door to be safe.

William T. Johnson and the Cavalry

Around 1930, when I was about six years old, at my grandparents' home in Elberton, GA, I was in the garden area behind the house, I was drinking a chocolate soda, and I was watching what traffic there was on College Avenue. Then I saw what I was back there to see, or not, what I have always considered to be a troop of US Army Cavalry, a well-ordered group of uniformed men on horseback. Later that day, I was riding back to Washington with my parents and my aunt Mamie Hardy on a detour through Oglethorpe County. On the right of the road as we approached the covered bridge over Broad River I saw this same troop of cavalry camped informally.