Denise Issert shares this 1949 photo of her Dad, Victor, at 16, with his prize-winning Chester Whites. His hogs won many ribbons from 4H, Kankakee…
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Willard A. Rowley showing cabs are for sissies while plowing on the Rowley farm in Homer Township in the early 1960s with his 1931 Case…
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David and Laurel Rowley share this photo of three exited children preparing to go “dashing through the snow” in their “one horse open sleigh” in…
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Scott Lagger shares this photo from his neighbors, David and Laurel Rowley, of threshing wheat on the Frank Rowley farm in Homer Township sometime in…
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Robert Whitler grew up on a farm in Girard, IL. When he moved to Joliet, he worked shift work at the Texaco Refinery in Lockport…
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Doug Gougar shares this picture of his grandfather, Harlow Webster Gougar, plowing with a team of horses on the Gougar Farm in the early 1930s.…
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Doug Gougar shares this photo of husking corn by hand on the Gougar Farm in 1942. Pictured left to right, Francie Berens, unknown standing next…
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Doug Gougar shares this picture of Harlow Webster Gougar, his grandfather, with daughters Elizabeth Uttermare Gougar (Fields) and Harriet Ann Gougar (Hogue), and kneeling, Ray…
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Dick Attaway shares this photo taken by his grandfather, Fred Attaway, of a traffic jam caused people assessing the damage around the Baker Farm following…
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Vetch was a popular cover crop in the early 20th century, one also used for feeding horses and cattle. The Goodwin Brothers were early users…
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