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Shangri-La on the Bluff Farm and a Family's Past Reflections
An eight year old recalls her grandfather Curtis's Iowa farm along the Mississippi with red barns and a brick kitchen, a stern grandfather, a humorous grandmother, Sunday church oratory, and the Chautauqua at Bluff Park. The essay muses on longing for a celebratory past amid present uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfather Curtis
Curtis
Herald and Presbyter
Church
Grandfather View
Broder J. Petersen
Grandfather
Ranaway
Bluff
Keokuk
Bluff Park