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Offline Delmonico

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I made an interesting historical discovery
« on: October 26, 2012, 10:02:34 AM »
Popeye's Grandmother lived near West Union Custer County Nebraska in a sod house in the 1880's: :o



That must be Pappy in his younger days also. ;D



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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2012, 02:28:03 PM »
" I yam what I yam"!
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2012, 03:31:56 PM »
Wonder if they were spinach farmers?  ;)
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2012, 03:50:00 PM »
Quote from: RickB on October 26, 2012, 03:31:56 PM
Wonder if they were spinach farmers?  ;)

Look in the foreground, pumpkins. ::)
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2012, 08:53:31 PM »
They don't let the horses in the dooryard. ::)

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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2012, 09:58:18 PM »
Quote from: Silver Creek Slim on October 26, 2012, 08:53:31 PM
They don't let the horses in the dooryard. ::)

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You do if you want their picture taken with your horses and your sod house.
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2012, 06:01:31 PM »
Quote from: Delmonico on October 26, 2012, 03:50:00 PM
Look in the foreground, pumpkins. ::)

Popeye never got strong from eating Pumpkins.  ;)
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2012, 08:07:23 AM »
Quote from: RickB on October 31, 2012, 06:01:31 PM
Popeye never got strong from eating Pumpkins.  ;)


Pumpkin spinch soup
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2012, 09:19:19 AM »
They prolly used the horses to mow the grass and fertilize the yard. She prolly dipped snuff in addition to smoking the pipe.
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2012, 06:32:08 PM »
God Love Em . Kind of wonder , definitly not B Western. Gott to say though those folks were the foundation of great things for sure.

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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2012, 01:47:26 AM »
Yessir!
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2012, 05:22:02 AM »
They was in on the ground floor ::)
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2012, 08:27:49 AM »
Those sod houses were popular when lumber was scarce. I am sure that they spent a lot of money on that store bought window.
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Re: I made an interesting historical discovery
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2012, 05:18:17 PM »
Bet Ya they were proud toi have that to show the neighbors, eh.
These old photos are great I'd like to see them all in an on line album with just the details of the photo.
There has been some great shots posted on this Forum over the years :)
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