Story of the Month-January 2012
12 Jan
‘Twas the summer of 1834, folks in Jasper County Mississippi begun ta spin a yarn about a legendary beaver by the name of Jessie “Bulwark” Preston; named so for his unmatched talent in the industry o’ dam buildin’. Naw, most folks nowadays just refers to him as “Bully” for short.
Well, it came about in the summa’ o’ 1834, near-abouts June, that ol’ Bully set out ta build him a dam ‘cross the mighty Miss’a’sip. Naw Bully had never seen the likes o’ no steamboats before, an’ most folks in the beaver community did their best to persuade Bully to reconsida’, given that steamboats posed a mighty big problem to Bully’s plans. Well ol’ Bully, never known to be moved ‘gainst what he was set on, set out towards the Miss’a’sip to ‘complish what most beavers, and the fine citizens of Jasper County Mississippi, thought could not be done.
