TUCKER’S FROG FARM

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J. R. (Jimmie) Tucker came from Gibson county, Tennessee, originally, but he’s been gone from there for so long he thinks of Texas and Hamilton as his native home. He came to West, near Waco, with his parents while just a child. He married Myrtle Jordan, daughter of E. A. Jordon, a merchant of Josephine, Texas.

J. R. became interested in the horned lizard or toad, through his brother-in-law, Basil Jordan.  Basil has the Texas Aquarium Fish Company in Dallas. Mr. Jordan used to supply the toads to various larger firms but turned the business over to Jimmie.

The farm was named "Jordan Tucker’s Frog Farm" but clients soon dropped the Jordan until it is now know as Tucker’s Frog Farm. It was named for Jimmie’s boy, Jordan, who takes a keen delight in the care and catching of the frogs. They ship the little frogs to many places in the country but chiefly to Louisiana.

The Hamilton County News, Vol. IV, Number 11--Section Two

Historical and Trading Expansion Issue

W. F. Billingslea, Editor-Publisher

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June 29, 1934