An America that was: What Life was Like on an Illinois Farm Seventy Years Ago

Adcock afternoon America apples black hickory Britt broadaxe brother called Campbellites campus church Concord grape corn country school county seat course crows dollars Don Marquis door dreams early England English farm farmer Father favorite feet fences field Free Silver Galesburg gave girls hand hard heard hickory hogs horse Illinois Jerry Kelly Township kitchen knew known Knox Knox Academy land later learned least lived look machine memory miles mother mustard leaves neighborhood neighbors never night nuts occasional older once Oquawka pioneer played plow rabbit rain remember road Santiago Harbor season simple small boy somewhere student Sunday sure talk teacher Terpening things threshing tion took town trees Tylerville usually wagon Warren County white oak wild winter woods word young youth