The boys pictured are: Everett Loyde, Lee Euland Gusty, Loren John, (Sons of Wm. Henry & Marissa A.(Maples) Wilson), Virgil, Joseph, James, and Clyde ( Sons of Villa (Maples) Peugh, (sister of Marissa A. (Maples) Wilson).

The photo above was submitted by the grandaughter of Lee Euland Gusty Wilson and Reva Anna (Mason) Wilson.  Her grandfather and his brothers were born and raised in Hootontown, Stone Co. Missouri. They are the sons of William Henry Wilson and Marissa Arminda (Mindie) (Maples) Wilson.

Their father ran the General Store straight across from the Hooton town Bridge. According to June and Jack Wilson, sons of Lee E. G. Wilson, the photo we have of  Hootontown, shows William Henry Wilson (the man on the General Store steps) and the boys in the picture are his sons. The family
lived on the 120 acres behind the store, now the property of Bill Hooton. The main cave on the property is where Mr. Wilson had his distillery.

The story behind the above photo is as follows:  "Lee E. G. Wilson is abt. 17 years old in this photo. He and his brothers, Everett L. & Loren J. decided they were going to go to Texas and join the Hood Ranch and become cowboys. They got on a train and headed west. They had cousins in Cherryville, Kansas. They were the family of their Aunt Villa (Maples) Peugh (daughter of Noah Abner & MaryE.Maples). They made a stop in Cherryville to visit with their Aunt Villa and her family. That night they decided along with their cousins to "paint the town red" ending up  rather intoxicated and out of money spending the night sleeping it off in the town jail being released the next morning. Their Aunt Villa was not to happy with this situation and
made the boys get a job to earn enough money to get train ticket home. The boys got jobs working in the brick yard with their cousins. This story was told to me by my father, Roy A. Wilson and verified by his brothers Jack and June. According to my father, their Aunt Villa accompanied the boys to the train depot the day they were to leave and purchased the tickets for them to "make sure they were headed home" and not to Texas Which was in her opinion "No decent place for her nephews to be". This photo was taken in Cherryville, Ks."