Old Farm Picture

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LEH

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• Jan 22, 2009

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This was my Grandads favorite picture. It hung in his dinning room in the 50's when I was growing up. He passed away in 1957 at the age of 48. I have always wondered where this farm was located. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance! Lewie

 

ChasK

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Where are you from? There's a similar hill/farm that I know of near Guttunberg, IA. Of course the road is wider and paved now...

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 22, 2009

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It looks very similar to my area here in southwestern wisconsin.

 

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rustyj14

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Could be a farm in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania! Too hilly for Ohio, and being that the road isn't paved--could be Pa.!

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Looks like it could be from here in Vermont.

 

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Jeff-oh

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Somewhere in the foothills of the purple mountins magist before you get to the fruited plane?

 

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cj in wisconsin

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Southwestern Wi. Near Arcadia , Galesville, Trempeleau, is loaded with scenes exactly like that, over nearly every hill you will see an old farm in the valley and they nearly all look like that. It is a beautifull area. Ya dont see many for sale signs either. I used to go there every summer to play fastpitch softball, I loved it.

 

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cadet trooper

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Well a couple things we can rule out south of the Mason Dixon line due to the silo generally speaking now plants like trees and weeds are a giveaway if you can get a digitized copy and take it to a university that has a horticulture department that can analyse the picture. It all depends on how much you want to spend to donate to their department. I"m guessing it may have been a reprint from a magazine like Successful farming or Farm Journal. Good Luck sounds interesting keep us posted. CT

 

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TomH in PA

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• Jan 22, 2009

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The mountain in the background looks like central Appalachians, ridge and valley rather than cut up like farther west. Here's the view out my kitchen window, similar ridge in the distance (with buckwheat growing in the closest field)

 

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DBAF

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Looks like eastern Ohio to me.or western Pa.

 

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ken in texas

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Cain't be from around here. Theres no mesquite trees or prickley pear cactus.

 

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Lewie Hoskinson

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Nice view out your window! I don't think the valleys in Ohio are as wide as this looks to be. It seems more open like Wis. Somewhere west of the Mississippi River.

 

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Lewie Hoskinson

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• Jan 22, 2009

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Nancy, My Mom lives in Brownsville Texas most of the year. Been there to visit a few times. I learned that when you drive across Texas, BRING your lunch, it takes awhile!! BIG STATE

 

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Lewie Hoskinson

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• Jan 22, 2009

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I love pictures of the farms as they used to be. Ill. & Iowa have many of the old graineries still standing. I would love to have one here. Not many left in my part of Ohio.

 

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IA Leo

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• Jan 22, 2009

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You will see views not too different than that here in Northern Iowa along the border with Southern Minnesota. It looks like Karst Topography where certain harder stone ridges didn't erode and the depressed valleys eroded or sunk due to underground limestone collapsing. It is a beautiful view! You will find winding roads and farms set in hill sides anywhere from Spring Valley MN east ward to the Mississippi. Thanks for that picture. Leonard

 

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730virgil

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• Jan 22, 2009

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that makes me think of southwest wi just to north and west of me.

 

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JBMac

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• Jan 22, 2009

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I hunted in Illinois this year. In Deer Plain, an area between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Alot of that farm land looked like that. Nicest people I've ever met, reminded me of the South where I'm from. I'm gonna retire there some day, in the summers, not winters! Everyone there was happy to see us hunters, they hate the deer that wreck their cars. But, I noticed, there were alot of narrow roads like those in the picture. Everyone there drove 87 mph on them. Maybe if they slowed down, they wouldn't hit so many of them!! Great part of the country though.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 22, 2009

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It can not be in Dakota. The only road that nice that we have is I-90.

 

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2x4

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• Jan 23, 2009

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I thought it could be West Virginia too.