Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) tells of growing Up in South Austins 100 years ago. His was a difficult home birth without a doctor. As the 5th of six boys, that was not his mother's first challenge! No cars, no lights, no inside plumbing - life was very different in South Austin. 
          Emmett tells of seeing the first airplane, the first street-car and playing with the boys of the Deaf School. Crisis shook the family when brother Earl was shot gathering pecans near Travis High.  South Austin was a different place 100 years ago but the boys were much the same! 
           Emmett recorded these stories in the late 1970s after losing his eyesight. He wanted to share these first-hand stories of life in Austin, roughly 100 years ago.

Music By: Blake Shelton

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Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton.