Kelsey's Alternating Bee-Hives

ID: 852 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

This file appears in: Barnard's Trading Post

Kelsey's Alternating Bee-Hives — Waco Village collection, Accession #2225, Box 1, Folder 3, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.

It is likely that honey was one of the various goods the trading post carried. This document shows that it is possible Barnard collected the honey himself from his own beehive.

This file appears in: Barnard's Trading Post

Barnard's Trading Post

By Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas

During its decade of service, George Barnard’s branch of the Torrey Trading Posts served as one of the first commercial ventures in the Waco area. Transactions between white settlers and native Indians conducted at Torrey Trading Posts served as a…