Yeah, a day of that kind of work would kill me, in fact, I don't think I was ever man enough to work like that. That old man died in 1922 at age 72, and hacking on a piece of wood was all he ever knew. His father (and the boys in the family) cut wood to fuel the steam boats on the Mississippi River until the river changed course and left Rockwood Illinois high, dry and deserted. I read in an old history of Randolph County Illinois that they sold a 600 foot long rack of firewood to the steamers each day. It was a livelihood for the surrounding community in the days when a chainsaw hadn't even been dreamed of. So - when the river shifted, they turned to hacking out railroad ties and mine props.
Railroading (and river traffic) has certainly changed. Now they make railroad ties out of concrete. Hang on to those date nails!
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Today's Featured Article - Museum Coverage: The Stuttgart Agricultural Museum - by Cindy Ladage. While cold wind was blowing back in Illinois, in Arkansas, daffodils were in bloom, and the Magnolia trees were adorned with fragrant blossoms. Stuttgart, Arkansas was the site of this year's winter Minneapolis Moline Collector's show February 25-27, 1999. The show was held at the Oliver Museum created by Don Oliver, the pioneer of the four wheel drive tractor. Oliver along with Gale Stroh and Kenneth Bull using Minneapolis Moline tractors and parts created what has become known as
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