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up the Mississippi River from Cairo to St. Louis. Much of the area surrounding their farm had not yet been put into cultivation and she told us how as a young girl she rode "bare-back" across miles of verdant prairies. Near by her home was the Keown property on which during the late 1850's or early 1860's a brick home was built - quite imposing in both size and st>le of architecture. While there were many large, substantially built brick and frame houses built early in the settlement of the area, most of them were constructed along much less aesthetic lines. 49 Mother frequently told us of when her father worked as a mason in the construction of this home. A story that came down through the years told of how Laura, one of the small children, was seriously injured when a piece of slate fell from the roof, striking the child on her head. The part of the story that always amazed me as a child was that "the Doctors put a silver plate in her head". I kept wondering how she could live carrying a silver plate around in her head - but she did - and lived to be a beautiful young lady. This story flashes through my mind when walking through the cemetery I chance to notice the stone marked, "Laura Keown Moore". Through the years, the Keown place became sort