L.. Coote's House

Kevin Sherer: [KEVIN] Till you get an archeologist digging around for them.

L. Coote's House

Bob Zybach: Jim, this is the place you call you the Coote's place here?

James Hanish: We used to call it the Coote's house, that's where they lived.

Bob Zybach: And was this. . . this driveway here, was this the road that came out here.

James Hanish: This road was here and that road was always there, it's a county road.

Bob Zybach: Ok, how about that fruit tree over there, is that part of an orchard or do you remember?

James Hanish: That was always there as far as I remember.

Bob Zybach: Can you remember an orchard through this area?

James Hanish: Most every house. . . home had an orchard of some sort. Either apple or pear or. every . . . the first thing they did was plant some trees.

Bob Zybach: Ok, how about across the road, was anybody living there at that time?

James Hanish: Yes, there was a family, there was two families, there was the Byrd family, they lived down further and then there was the Tandys, he lived over in there.

Bob Zybach: Where that house is now?

James Hanish: Where the trees are and stuff. There underneath the trees. That's where the Tandys lived.

Bob Zybach: Ok.

James Hanish: He used to work for Coote and he also. . . the school teacher used to teach here at the school house, she used to board with the Tandys and of course the young men would go down there at night and try to visit with her so that Mr. Tandy had to put up examinations so they wouldn't all start courting the school teacher.

Bob Zybach: Do you remember her name?

James Hanish: Oh, Lord, no. I was interested too, but hell, I didn't have any chance at all. She was always pretty, always had a pretty school teacher.

Bob Zybach: So the Byrd ranch were down there ahead and we just passed. .

James Hanish: Right in here.

Bob Zybach: Ok.

James Hanish: They tore out that all out.

Bob Zybach: Ok, the Tandys is just that little tiny place in here then?

James Hanish: Yes.