My dad and mom were married in 1927. They were living in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1929. The rich man that dad was working for in Jeff City suddenly became a poor man. Dad answered a newspaper ad and somehow got a job on Shelter Island and they moved halfway across the country, sight unseen. They were provided a house and large garden spot on Shelter Island and dad worked in the cauliflower fields, but his main responsibility was providing firewood for the farm owner, for an elderly widow neighbor and of course for himself. The pay was hardly worth mentioning, but they didn't go hungry. Mom said that dad built and maintained a mountainous pile of firewood, all cut and split by hand. It must have been a pleasant time in their life because all of their Shelter Island stories were positive. Dad had a job all the way through the great depression.
I think mom said that Shelter Island was two miles long and one mile wide. She's been dead for nearly 40 years, and my memory might be wrong. Shelter Island is located adjacent to Long Island. I've never been there, and I don't expect that to change.
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