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…
Read MoreRobert Whitler grew up on a farm in Girard, IL. When he moved to Joliet, he worked shift work at the Texaco Refinery in Lockport…
Read MoreDoug Gougar shares this picture of his grandfather, Harlow Webster Gougar, plowing with a team of horses on the Gougar Farm in the early 1930s.…
Read MoreDoug Gougar shares this photo of husking corn by hand on the Gougar Farm in 1942. Pictured left to right, Francie Berens, unknown standing next…
Read MoreDoug Gougar shares this picture of Harlow Webster Gougar, his grandfather, with daughters Elizabeth Uttermare Gougar (Fields) and Harriet Ann Gougar (Hogue), and kneeling, Ray…
Read MoreDick Attaway shares this photo taken by his grandfather, Fred Attaway, of a traffic jam caused people assessing the damage around the Baker Farm following…
Read MoreVetch was a popular cover crop in the early 20th century, one also used for feeding horses and cattle. The Goodwin Brothers were early users…
Read MoreOK, so you need a tractor, and it could take a while to order one, what with the war on and all. You’re in luck!…
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