Sue Sanders wrote that “Assistance finally came from some source at Stephenville. It supplied all the farmers with seed for planting, flour, cornmeal, and a little bacon. This was not given as charity but was to be paid for out of the crop produced, and even then the farmers hated to take it. Although they had been half starved for two years . . . Our team was too weak to make the trip [from Huckaby].” Neighbors, traveling by night so as not to be seen , brought the supplies from Stephenville.

Sue Sanders. Our Common Herd. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1939.