A Moment in History
Born February 18, 1869, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mary Sherrill Frost moved to Big Spring with her father and brother in 1886, the same year her mother died. A friend of her father’s, Dr. W.C. Barnett, pioneer physician, had reported back to Parker County, Texas, and told of a wonderful place in Howard County.
They joined with the Barnetts for the move to Howard County. Mary (known as Mollie) rode on the train and noticed the dry barren land. She said “it was wild, and life was hard. A man did a full day’s work for what wages he received. Business was mostly that of cattlemen and cowhands who came into town to ship their cattle by rail.”
Mollie’s father, James Frost ,established the first dairy in the area. The dairy was in what is today’s Kentwood area. “A good distance from the town.” stated Mollie. She remembered how milk cans were filled and hauled in a wagon to town, where customers brought their own pitchers to be filled.
See Monday's edition of the Herald for the rest of the story.
