Pecan Store June 15th, 2009

I was browsing through The New York Times website and came upon this article from November 11, 1899. That’s right, 1899.

I didn’t know that The New York Times posted articles online this far back, but it’s kind of cool to read about a moment in pecan history. The article, which talks about a short crop of pecans in Texas, mentions that part of the problem was the lack of railway communication.

I think this article intrigues me so much because it’s hard to imagine what we did without computers and faxes and email. We rely so heavily on technology now that it’s interesting to look back and picture a time where cell phones were non-existent and not every household had a telephone.

Click here (log-in required) to read the article for yourself and take a step back in pecan history.

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