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THIS IS ANOTHER VERY GOOD AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF MY FARMSTEAD. MY WIFE'S FATHER , F.L. FUHERMEISTER
RAISED PIGS ,BEEF CATTLE AND SHEEP. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE OLD SHEEP BARN, THE CHICKEN HOUSE, THE
OLD PEN WHERE HE COULD FEED THE PIGS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CATTLE ,AND THE CATTLE FEED LOT.
IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER IT SHOWS A TRAIN ON THE OLD ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD. THE LAND WAS
GIVEN FOR THE RAILROAD IN 1870 AND IT BEGAN GOING OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1970. THE RAILROAD WAS GONE
AND THE LAND LEVELED BY THE EARLY 1980'S. I'LL GET A COPY OF THIS TOO.

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