Should Have Used The Muck Rake
A humorous slice of rural life about Farmer John who digs and plows barefoot in rough country, living in a log cabin, shunning modern furniture, and earning the nickname Clod Bumper as tales of toe stubs and rustic pride circulate.
Trade of New Rex Buggies Sparks Home Upgrade
A man spots SCOTT BROS. ad and trades an old buggy for a NEW REX, offering his old buggy as partial payment and agreeing to monthly balance. He eyeing lawn swings refrigerators ice cream freezers and gas line stoves, all desired after furnishing his home.
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Scott Bros
No. 9
Forty Niner's Journey to the Land of Gold Journal excerpt
Mr. Ogle narrates a 1850 prairie schooner trek across the continent. The diary details water shortages mile by mile, trading posts, fort visits, river crossings, pileups of emigrants, weather interruptions, and harsh terrain as the party pushes toward Fort Laramie and the North Platte region.
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Mr. Ogle
Union
Laramie
Platte
St. Louis
Fort
South Platte
Fort Laramie
Laramie Branch
North Platte
Bitter Creek
Laramie Peak
Black Hills
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