I’ve had a lot of people ask what prompted me to begin writing.  The truth is that this all started as a genealogical project many years ago.  As a retired law enforcement officer, early in my career I worked for a college police department.  We received our police authority from the county sheriff’s office.  My dad would remind me that in 1897 (yes, 1897), my great-great grandfather was the sheriff of the same county I was … [Read more...]