I'm not sure you can read my handwriting on a good day anyway.
Yup, after I got out of the army I moved away from Modesto and lived in the Riverbank/Oakdale area for about 10-12 years. It was a good life back then, before all the urban sprawl started really taking off.
Neither house that I lived in back then still stands. They were basically shacks even back then, matter of fact one of them was an old tack shed they converted over to a small dairy worker's house, maybe 600 square feet.
I do remember Ogilvie's General Store in Farmington, right there on the main intersection and in one of the oldest buildings of town, right? It was always a nice stop for a cold beer on a hot summer's day.
I haven't thought about that place in I don't know how many years.
Oh, both me and Lisa got a big kick out of your stamp!
Longshot here but while in Riverbank did you ever know anybody last-named Rush? I believe many have passed on but in the 70s and 80s there were probably a few.
ReplyDeleteI knew a Ronnie Rush back in the early 1980s, but he was living in Modesto at the time. Not sure if he was from the same family you're speaking of.
DeleteProbably not. Most stayed in Riverbank and originated with a patriarch in the 30s fleeing the dustbowl and poverty of Arkansas. They were on my ex's side so I never got to know them well but would visit as we moved with the military late 70s/early 80s. Lost touch with them after the divorce. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou just described half of Riverbank back then. The other half were either Braceros or Californios.
DeleteWhat is the stamp?
ReplyDelete"Liberalism Is A Mental Illness"
DeleteOrdered one! AWESOME! Will put on on all my mail in bills...LOL
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