James explained that the logo on the sacks of his family’s pecans was an angry hammer chasing a frightened pecan, which inspired him to write a children’s book featuring Wham, the hammer, and Petey, the pecan. To go with the "world’s largest" theme, which has brought the big painted pecan outside national acclaim, James created a giant-size version of his book. James, a diminutive fellow dressed in blue T-shirt and work jeans, invited me next door into a darkened warehouse that has been converted into a small theater with rows of benches before a stage. Route 224 west from Lexington to Wellington is the Old Trails Road Scenic Byway, following the route of the Santa Fe Trail along the Missouri, but I headed north the next morning to Lawson to check out Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and Historic Site, which turned out to be the estate of Waltus Watkins in a pastoral setting known as Bethany Plantation. Visitors can tour Watkins’ elegant brick home, filled with much of the original furniture, and the three-story mill, a National Historic Landmark and the only 19th century textile mill in the country with its original machinery still intact. read more
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