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Posted by Stan - Florida on June 17, 2005 at 19:14:36 from (152.163.101.7):
In Reply to: just curious, members posted by David A. Hodson on June 17, 2005 at 19:04:34:
David, Tell me more about the show at Conner Prairie, please. I might be traveling that way this fall, but not sure. I worked at Conner Prairie Farm for a couple of weeks back in 1956, driving a converted schoolbus chassis with a big silage bed on it. We filled a couple of trench silos for two weeks straight, then they laid off several of us. As I remember, the farm was about 1,300 acres in those days, and there were 30+ hired hands. I still think Mr. Lilly was using the place as a tax writeoff, but who knows for sure? I saw a show on PBS the other night about the place, and I must visit next time I'm up "home" (I left Hamilton County in 1960). Stan Huff
Melbourne, FL
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