Hard Years 1:47–2:36
What were the hard years? The flood spring of 1974 was hard, but it was a busy hard. We sold every pump, every pair of boots, every foot of hose in the county. And Jean just wrote names in a notebook because nobody had m…
Town changes
3 segments from 2 interviews touch on this subject.
Interview with Dorothy Pearce and Linda Whitlock
New Life for Building 2:36–3:01
What happened to the building? It sat empty for six years, and then the Quilting Guild and the Centennial Committee got it as the community exhibit hall. So this June, there will be a hundred years of photographs hanging…
Interview with Harold Vickers
Sprinklers and Closure 2:02–2:48
When did things start to change? Two things: sprinklers and the contract. We leveled and ditched that farm for flood irrigation my whole young life, and then in 1968 or '69, my dad and I put in wheel lines, and suddenly …