Biography
Carter was born in Crafton, Texas. After his mother died in 1892, he moved away from his remaining family, to Bowie, Texas, where he supported himself with a variety of odd jobs. At those jobs, he learned salesmanship, and became a travelling salesman as a young man. Bowie Residents have recalled that he was one of the original "chicken & bread boys" which sold what they called chicken sandwiches to passengers at the rail station during the depression. The sandwiches it was thought were really made of rabbits that the boys had hunted. Today Bowie has the Chicken & Bread Festival each October in their honor.
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