Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

All Things Dry Creek!     Dry Creek Baptist Camp Website Curt Iles Creekbank Stories Website Curt Iles Amazon Page   There’s no place quite like Dry Creek, Louisiana. It’s where my roots are, the place where I grew up and where we raised our three boys.   It’s the place I return to regain my balance and reset my …

            ”The Old House at Night”  1963  tempera on cardboard by my uncle, Bill Iles. The Old House in Dry Creek. First constructed by my great-great grandparents circa 1892, this family home is my favorite spot in the world, the source of many of my stories, and my best writing muse. Below is the opening …

  The Old House Comes Alive Again I leave my mom’s home and walk the short distance to the Old House. It’s sunset and our homestead, built in 1892, stands starkly against the background of Crooked Bayou swamp. I hurry in from the cold and build a fire in the middle room fireplace, my favorite room, where I spent countless …

2026 The Big Rocker at Dry Creek Camp A Love of the Land     The Rocker at Dry Creek Camp   “Do you think now that rocker is worth $1500?”  “No, it’s worth more like $15,000.”   It was a conversation I’ll always remember. Framed with a lesson I will not forget.   My special friend Karan Robinson shoved …

    Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale Rides Again! Order your copies of Uncle Sam at Amazon. Read the entire book at https://www.creekbank.net/uncle-sam-2/   The experts say, “Don’t leak your book or give access to readers. They’ll read it for free and will skip buying it.” What do they know? Let’s prove the experts wrong. I’m putting all 38 pages …

      “Children are enjoying the book nearly as much as the adults.” The recent release of our new children’s book, Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale,  has been a great experience.  This early reader tells the story of Sam, a US Cavalry horse who journeys to Louisiana in 1941.  Sam and several of his friends are set free and …

Lesson Guides for Grades 3-4-5 Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale by Curt Iles Uncle Sam is available as an Amazon paperback, Kindle e-book, and Audible audiobook. To learn more about the story behind Uncle Sam, visit xxxxx Thanks to Patty Taylor for designing these study units for Grades 3, 4, and 5. Uncle Sam is the story of a grizzled …

    The Creek March 2026 Newsletter   Two new audiobooks narrated by Curt Iles: One Night in Winterset Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale It’s the book that’s gripping readers by the heart. One Night in Winterset is a book I’ve wanted to write for years. It’s a great story, not because I wrote it. It’s memorable because it contains …

Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale, our illustrated children’s book, will gallop again before Christmas 2025! Stay tuned at www.creekbank.net and Facebook for updates.   Although Uncle Sam is a fictional work, it mentions actual place names and events from the colorful and overlooked history of our Louisiana Pineywoods,   Stay tuned for updates.

Scroll down for links on website template survey Please peruse the  back cover of my upcoming childrens’ book, Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam, a cavalry horse, travels to Louisiana in the months before America enters  World War II. Sam and his best friend, Sergeant Ed, are thrust into the middle of the Louisiana Army Maneuvers.   This series of mock battles pits …

The following fascinating article is from a Beaumont Daily Journal article in November 1920. It features a letter from the Belgian Congo, Africa written by my great-grandfather’s sister, Eliza Iles: Headline: Miss Eliza Iles writes of trip to Congo, Africa Miss Eliza Iles, who was deaconess for the First Methodist church in this city for three years and is now …

A War Fighter named General Abram: Right out of Army Ranger/Navy seal doctrine.   It’s an overlooked passage in Genesis 14 when Abram/Abraham takes a rapid deployment strike team deep into enemy territory to rescue his nephew Lot. It’s right out or Army Ranger/Navy Seal doctrine.   Here’s the brief passage, followed by Commentary from Uncle Chat: Genesis 14:  NLT/ESV …

    We called her “Ma” and she was the rock solid center of the Terry Clan. Rita McGuffee Terry was my wife DeDe’s paternal grandmother. She lived in the home of DeDe’s parents, her son Herbert and daughter-in-law Juanita Terry for over a half century. DeDe and Ma shared a bed for all of her growing up years. Today, …

Thoughts on Pondering We all need places to ponder. Somewhere to slow and think carefully in silence. Our own red rocker on the dogtrot porch. We need times to”Mull it over”, a term that harkens back to its meaning of stirring the pot. Reflecting. Meditating. Praying. The Old House porch in Dry Creek is a perfect place to ponder. Perfect …