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 …