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Remembering Hard Work on the Iowa Farm with Prairie Fires
An oral reminiscence recalls early life on a Iowa farm near Buena Vista County, detailing backbreaking hay and grain work, handmade binding, and nightly hay stacks. The narrator describes constant cattle care, family labor with Mr. Schaller, and prairie fires driven by wind, including a dramatic backfire to protect the home, plus long snow storms that piled high at the cattle shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Schaller
Fred
Buena Vista County
Boyer Slough
Mr. Schaller