Jim and Mary Ellen Walker
Jim and Ellen “Aunt Ell” Walker, lived in an old two-room log house. They tore the cabin down and moved it a mile and a half, to their land at West Nona/Honey Island. They tore the cabin down and moved it a mile and a half. They saved lumber, shingles, and the square nails and rebuilt the cabin near Steepbank Creek. For years they cut ties for the Santa Fe. They cut the trees, measured the ties out scored and hacked them and broke them out with a broad ax. They made 20 ties a day, at 10 cents apiece. When Aunt Ell had a baby she brought her to work so that she could watch her play and sleep, then went home to cook supper, wash clothes and tie up the dogs. from the Big Thicket Guidebook