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This Texas Country Reporter classic is a little unique: back in 1998, we took our Texas storytelling across the country to Cornersville, Tennessee — the homeland of Davy Crockett and Sam Houston.

Larry Pefferly is a retired homebuilder whose retirement led him to hand carving wooden carousel horses. Pefferly never took an art class and often feels his father, sculptor of the renowned Iwo Jima monument, channeling through him.

Pefferly's hand carved carousel horses spread laughter and whimsy to children everywhere, helping to create cherished memories... even catching the attention of Neiman Marcus for their 1998 Christmas book.

Texas Country Reporter
Episode #: 581
Original air date: 10-17-1998

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