Man, Three Horses and a Dog Stop in G.C.
U.S. Army Retired SFC Stan Perdue, who is traveling from Georgia to Arizona on horseback to honor U.S. troops, recently made a stop in Garden City. He left Maysville, GA Aug 14, 2004 and is headed for Sierra Vista, AZ. Perdue and his horses, Apache, Banjo and Suzy-Q, plus his Blue Heeler, Bandit, travel about 3.5 miles an hour. He largely relies on locals for helping him find food and water for himself and his animals. As of May 12, he was near Andrews.
After the Hubert Frerich family fed and watered his horses on May 2, Perdue spent three nights with Jim and Diane Havlak, where he was able to shower and wash clothes. Since it was unexpectedly cold when he was here, Tex Halfmann gave Perdue his jacket. He played dominoes with local men at the Havlak’s Wyn-Lor garage, hunted rattlesnakes and rabbits with Travis Coats and K.C. Smith, and photographed baby owls they found in a deer blind. He also met folks in the courthouse where he used Becky Batla’s computer to access his web site.
Perdue is periodically posting photos of his trip on his web site, and there are several of people and places in Garden City. His web site is http://home.alltel.net/perduew/ His email address is stanley_perdue@alltel.net and his cell phone is 706/654-7585.