Jessica “Jep” Gibbs was born in 1913. The majority of her life has been lived in the Old Fort area, and she currently resides just minutes from where she grew up. In addition to her other stories, in this clip she talks quite a bit about her friend Binkie Adams, daughter of the visionary Col. Daniel W. [...]
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Old Fort Resident Remembers the Self-Reliant Life, a Cross-Country Adventure, and the Friendship of a Lifetime
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