description: More material has been written by and about Henry C. (Hank) Smith, pioneer extraordinary, and his gracious Scottish wife, Elizabeth Boyle (Aunt Hank) Smith, than any other two people in the early history of the South Plains. Magazine articles, articles in historical reviews, newspaper features and some references in early histories have all added to the knowledge about this pioneer couple. Then there were the writings of Uncle Hank and Aunt Hank themselves, and the scope of this story would have been much less complete had they not recorded at least part of their life stories. With so much material available, and with such interesting persons to write about, it seems a mystery that no historian had written a book on the Hank Smiths until this volume came along. Uncle Hank's "Memoirs," written in 1909 and 1910 on Big Ten red back school tablets, were only about one-third complete. He started his life story when he left his sister's home in Ohio in 1851, at the age of fifteen, and it sto
language: English
title: Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith
titlecomplete: Sun Rising on the West: The Saga of Henry Clay and Elizabeth Smith
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publisher: Crosby County Pioneer Memorial