In spring 2020, LREC began sending out a series of emails to the LREC volunteers that we called the Deer Creek Chronicles. The emails contained stories of the area told by locals.
The first seven accounts are from a transcript of an audio recording of stories that volunteer Ray Potter related to Diane DuBois and Eddie Jones on the deck at LREC on May 23, 2016.
- Sent March 30, 2020:
You’ll Love It - Sent April 6, 2020:
It’s a Two-holer - Sent April 13, 2020:
A Mistake - Sent April 20, 2020:
A Different Place - Sent April 27, 2020:
The Farm Boy and the City Girl - Sent May 4, 2020:
We Don’t Have Bulls - Sent May 11, 2020:
The War
The next accounts were contributed by Bill Bascom: long-time Ladue resident, photographer, and Ray Potter accomplice. They were originally conveyed to a small group of individuals who may or may not have shared culpability in some of the forthcoming accounts.
- Sent June 1, 2020:
Born Rich: a Sense of Place - Sent June 9, 2020:
He’s Been Upstairs Asleep All Night - Sent June 16, 2020:
Natural Immunity - Sent June 23, 2020:
Winners - Sent June 30, 2020:
The “Toidy Bomb” - Sent July 7, 2020:
Crawdad Stories - Sent July 14, 2020:
What a Kid Remembers Him For - Sent July 21, 2020:
A Little Float Trip - Sent July 28, 2020:
The Flood of ’57
