Posted by Ralphwd45 on January 24, 2013 at 14:01:06 from (66.243.212.58):
Three yr's ago, after having a heart attact, I realized that I might not be here forever, and retired from the Boeing co, at age 70, and decided to make a trip back home to Pike Co. Il. and just look around, and do the memory lane thing. ( The post by Bruce from Can. reminded me of this) I drove down to the old farm, in the IL. river bottoms, at Bedford, and found corn growing up to the yard edge, and the old house was vacant, but looked in good repair. The barn ( Post&Beam white oak with wooden pins) the corn crib, and cattle barn, plus various sheds and chicken house, were all gone, and replaced with corn.No tractor shed or shop bldg. The whole area of farms and the little village of Bedford, had changed, and so many of the houses were gone. I know that they have had several record floods since 1960, and maybe that contributed to this. I drove down to Pearl, and then up to Milton, and only found one man that I remembered, and he was an old man 2 yrs older than me, that was still farming, but his son was doing most of it.I guess most of the people either died off, or moved away. It was good to see the old country, and landmarks, but you just can't go home!
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