Thank you for the kind words for the Audubon Society and also for Commissioner Steve Radack that made this park possible. Were you able to explore both tracts? Did you see the nature center building? We have a variety of activities you and your family might enjoy. Just reply by e-mail and I will add you to our weekly e-mail list for updates and coming activities.

The hat is an interesting story. You have a good eye for hats, it was a Stetson. However, it was a hand-me-down gift to Elmer from the lawyer the courts appointed to look after his affairs. We have his walking stick, which is a wooden snow ski pole he got looking through people's trash, but the hat was lost. I wish we had it as well. While he was picturesque in it, he only wore it a few years from about 1990 till his death in 1999. Elmer was born on this property in 1907 and died on it in 1999 about 2 months shy of 92 years old. We have very few pictures of Elmer as an adult and only one other shows him with a hat (in hand) when he was about 20. What kind of hat he wore most of his life I do not know.

Good luck on your hat search, if you wear such a hat in these woods, someone may mistake you for a ghost!
Fred Collins

Director Kleb Woods Nature Center
Director Cypress Top Historic Park
Harris County Precinct 3
Steve Radack Commissioner
http://www.pct3.hctx.net