Preparations are well underway for the 12th Annual History Hayride at Edgar Evins State Park on Saturday, Oct. 14. This year well known Smithville resident and former DeKalb County school teacher, Carol Denson Williams (Mrs. Donald Williams), will portray her well remembered and cherished grandmother, Minnie Walker Trapp. Carol wrote the script based on her memories and the entertaining, often humorous, stories told by her grandmother.