Farm Days Gone By
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Farm Days Gone By
Where it all began. Here’s a photo of the Seggebruch children taken in an orchard from around 1909: Fred’s on…
Farm Days Gone By
Our history columnist Sandy Vasko shares this photo of a bee keeping set-up on the Goodwin Family Farm in Wesley…
Farm Days Gone By
Tim Piepenbrink of the Crete Area Historical Society shares this photo of Charles Westphal’s grandfather showing off the horsepower circa…
Farm Days Gone By
Kathy Forsythe of Manhattan sent along this photo from 1932 of her Dad, David Forsythe, picking corn with a Case…
Farm Days Gone By
Kathy Forsythe of Manhattan shares this photo from around 1912 of a teacher picking up her students for class at…
Farm Days Gone By
Burton Barr holds son, Kevin, on a nice day on the Barr Farm in this undated photo. Thanks to historian…
Farm Days Gone By
Our history columnist Sandy Vasko shares this undated photo of a barn raising on the Goodwin family farm in Wesley…
Farm Days Gone By
This driver takes a break after picking up cans of milk from area farms and bringing them to the Pralle…
Farm Days Gone By
Kathy Forsythe of Manhattan dug out this picture, taken around 1910, of her mother Lavetta Forsythe, who, along with her…
Farm Days Gone By
Kathy Forsythe of Manhattan shares this photo of David Forsythe on the Elwood farm, now former Arsenal property, around 1909.…
Farm Days Gone By
When the grain was ripe, farmers would gather together to get the threshing done, as they did here in this…
Farm Days Gone By
The Crete Area Historical Society shared this scene from the early 1900s of a Steam Engine and Water Wagon on…