... and turkeys have the most difficult time during the Thanksgiving season. In the fall of 1621, when the Pilgrims under William Bradford celebrated the first Thanksgiving four men went "fowling." The ducks and geese they brought back were added to ... to join the Navy. It would certainly have been easy for a man with that background to feel that no one gave him "what he deserved." Robby, though, left his life's savings of $51,000 to Carter County, TN when he died. He said that he wanted to help repay them for ...