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Posted by Howard H. on December 12, 2006 at 09:31:22 from (164.58.210.24):
In Reply to: OT Hard Times posted by Steve From Arkansas on December 12, 2006 at 07:14:54:
One other story a friend of mine had: His grandpa amassed 60 some sections of land up near Denver back in the early 1900s and on. My friend was looking over the abstracts for some this land and saw that one quarter (160 acres) had been purchased by his grandpa for filling up the fellow's car with gas and a spare gas can full of gas... The guy just wanted out - like thousands of others out here - and headed for California. There was a huge exodus from this whole area when times really got bad - the movie "Grapes of Wrath" was based on it. Howard H.
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