Mountain Folks and Wild West Dreams Beyond the Hill
A rambling tour describes Okd Tom and Uncle Len’s hill homestead where whittlers work, cowboys perform, and frontier life blends with East Coast visitors. The narrator meets Old Tom, Rhody, and a family harvesting ginseng, baking bread, and tending modest crops as wardens loom and rural routines unfold in a striking mix of nostalgia and mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nestle
L Bic
Okd
Tom
Uncle Len
Primitive farming life on the frontier hills
A fragmented reminiscence describes rugged folk and their fields. The piece mentions taxes, cowherds, pastures, and small plots cleared for pasture and sowing. It recalls hand powered seeders, straw bundles, and improvised fences. A returning resident notes too much idling and distant centers of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan
Brek
Kewdas
Foller Raised Hycar Incident Report
A fragment notes a follower raised hycar and a person described as not much for this action. Details are unclear and no names or places are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hycar
Sweet potatoes grown by Mrs Dick Van Wyk report
Mrs Dick Van Wyk of Route 2 Tonto grows potatoes described as lava sweet potatoes. One potato weighs four pounds and another weighs four pounds.
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Dick van Wyk
Tonto
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Watt
Atocuys
Gasper
Cartier
Whittler
Old Tom
Rhody
Prunkard
Peter
Paul
Cat
Questig
Wiethos
Jane Green
Serio Seth
Olel
Tibet
Alan
Marj
Sheriff's Office
Ne-Elect
R.O
Dick) Miller
Republican
Palo Alto County
Sherids
D&e Electric Emmetsburg
James P. Clark
Emmet District
Emmet Dr. Clark
Low County
Clark
Au Sa
Uap
Ittinger F Bank Dektimuer, Feeregs
Lindsey
Ds Zos
Graettinger
ITCO
Darrel Schnell
DGG Nted AG Dal Sbe Sgeth
Gctrabttingel
R Basan
Xia
Boneh
McDonald of
Purnace
Ail Tak
Iowa
Vlower
Artiour
Ward
John L. Johnson
Bortwit & Brown
Gertrude T. Tillson
Graettinger State Bank
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