There were many families that made Frost Town their home. Some of the family names of early settlers include Wilder, Frost, Hall, Wilcox, Porter, Proper, Abbey, McGeary, Brown, Dyer, Hatch, and Macumber among others. Many of Frost Town’s former residents have descendants who still live in the region.
Interviews with Frost Town Residents
Click under the name below to listen to voices of Frost Town’s inhabitants from recordings done by Mary Shedlock from 1979-1980. Many of these people were in their 80s and 90s in these recordings, meaning they remember the late 19th century and being in Frost Town. Hear about Frost Town from the people who lived it by just pushing the corresponding button!
Viola Ross Munger (Macumber Family) Interviewed in 1980 by Mary Shedlock
Francis Hall (Hall Family) Interview in 1979-1980 by Mary Shedlock
Herman Porter (Porter Family) Interviewed in 1980 by Mary Shedlock
Della Cooper (Macumber Family) Interviewed in 1979 by Mary Shedlock
Full recordings of these interviews are available upon request.