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The Center of the United States Farm Chronicle
A narrator recalls growing up on a central United States farm near Lebanon Kansas and Maryville Missouri. He tells how his parents Amos Croy and Susan Sewell settled, built a one room house, raised an orchard and hedge, and cleared prairie land with oxen. The piece ends noting ongoing hardship and a future continuation.
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United States
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Continental United States
Alaska
Smith County
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St. Joseph
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Iowa Line
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Pony Express
Jesse James
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Athens County
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Croy I Wiah
Susan Sewell
Amos Croy
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Croys
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