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After Dad (Lloyd) and Mom (Margaret) were married they bought a 120-acre farm in what was referred to as the Mt. Pisgah community which is east of Cabool Missouri. For their $625 they bought what should have been nothing more than a rough subsistence farm. This farm where I was born was indeed a rocky hardscrabble farm but through the hard work and resourcefulness of my parents, it became a wonderful home and a foundation for an easier life.
When first purchased, our farm had an old log barn, cow barn, smokehouse and outhouse. Dad led in building a house, new cow barn, chicken house and car shed. Besides the buildings there were rocks to pick, posts to split, fences to build, land to clear and cows to milk. With help from Mom and kids it was all done with a will to not only survive but also to make progress. And despite seasons of too much or too little rain the old home place did see plenty of progress.
Photo by Margaret Walls
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