The Daughter of Eli George, The Gypsy King, Runs Away to Table Rock

It’s the Story
Meet the GypsiesHere are the main characters of this story. Eli George was head of a large band of gypsies, reportedly around 500 of them. They camped southeast of St. Joe during the winter of 1909-1910. Eli and his wife (whose name I never found) had a large family, one of whom was a daughter, Jessie, a teenager of 17 or 18. He also had 3 nephews — cousins of Jessie — who play a par...

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