In this series, we are going to bring you voices from the past – recordings recently found of four of our speakers from the years 1973-1975. This first voice is a musical one, that of Jimmy Driftwood on July 28, 1975.   Records of the Society do not reveal the name of the building at whose dedication Driftwood is speaking. Jimmy Driftwood was a school teacher who was also a songwriter.  His most famous song was “Battle of New Orleans” and sings it during this speech.  He also sings and discusses old ballads.  For those of you who are not Southerners,…

Cotham Dare was a horse that could fox trot!  No, not a trick horse but one of the first of a new breed – the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed.   But he was born in the Jackson Purchase! He was bred by N. D. Cotham of Mayfield, Kentucky and was born on May 9, 1941.  Although he was a registered American Saddle Bred stallion, a breed created by horsemen in Kentucky, when he was taken to Missouri, he was also registered in the Fox Trot association on conformation and gaits in 1948.  His registration papers shows he was the great-great-great-grandson…