Rich Square Model T This is a Texaco filling station in 1923 that was located in or near the town of Rich Square in Northampton County. My grandfather, Luther “Cap” Conwell, is standing next to his Model T. My Aunt Maizie, who must have been about 6 years old, is standing on the running board. I checked with Rich Square’s Dr. James Everett Brown to see if he could tell me where this station was located. Dr. Brown, at age 88, is North Carolina’s longest practicing veterinarian and the source of many interesting stories from the past. He’s too young though to remember exactly where this was or who the other men are, but he did get a chuckle out of telling me a story about “Cap” and his Model T. He said, “Cap was picking peanuts for Josh Elliott who had a goat. The goat jumped on the hood of the car, then onto the top which must have been dry-rotted. When Cap returned to his car to go home for dinner, the goat was sitting on the front seat. He had fallen through the roof.” Nancy Stephenson |
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