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

It’s the Story
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    Elmo Burow with baby delores
  • The Daughter of Eli George, The Gypsy King, Runs Away to Table Rock
    The Daughter of Eli George, The Gypsy King, Runs Away to Table Rock

    Meet the Gypsies

    Here 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 part in this stor…