Shawn Feikema
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Well, so my grandpa, my grandpa actually grew up in Hayward, Iowa. That's where he started where that's where he was born. So what is now considered Oak Grove state park in Iowa was their farm. Um, and it's right on the Sioux river there, I believe. And, uh, yeah, when he left the farm to go out on his own, then he moved to, uh, South Dakota actually by renter. That's where he met my grandma.
Well, so my grandpa, my grandpa actually grew up in Hayward, Iowa. That's where he started where that's where he was born. So what is now considered Oak Grove state park in Iowa was their farm. Um, and it's right on the Sioux river there, I believe. And, uh, yeah, when he left the farm to go out on his own, then he moved to, uh, South Dakota actually by renter. That's where he met my grandma.
Well, so my grandpa, my grandpa actually grew up in Hayward, Iowa. That's where he started where that's where he was born. So what is now considered Oak Grove state park in Iowa was their farm. Um, and it's right on the Sioux river there, I believe. And, uh, yeah, when he left the farm to go out on his own, then he moved to, uh, South Dakota actually by renter. That's where he met my grandma.
Um, and farm there for a little while, always just rented the farm. And then his first farm that he purchased was this one here. So he left those other two because he said, I don't want to live. I'm sick of living near a river. I am don't, I'm tired of flooding. So I'm moving away from a river. So that's what he did. Unfortunately, he found a lot of, you know, rock.
Um, and farm there for a little while, always just rented the farm. And then his first farm that he purchased was this one here. So he left those other two because he said, I don't want to live. I'm sick of living near a river. I am don't, I'm tired of flooding. So I'm moving away from a river. So that's what he did. Unfortunately, he found a lot of, you know, rock.
Um, and farm there for a little while, always just rented the farm. And then his first farm that he purchased was this one here. So he left those other two because he said, I don't want to live. I'm sick of living near a river. I am don't, I'm tired of flooding. So I'm moving away from a river. So that's what he did. Unfortunately, he found a lot of, you know, rock.
Yeah. Right. Well, I remember my, you know, my dad and my uncle talking about too, like every March, just because farmers back then were more, more likely to rent the entire farm place. Every March, you had new people in church with you. Every March, there was a parade of farm equipment moving from one place to another because they lost their rented farm here, so they had to find another one.
Yeah. Right. Well, I remember my, you know, my dad and my uncle talking about too, like every March, just because farmers back then were more, more likely to rent the entire farm place. Every March, you had new people in church with you. Every March, there was a parade of farm equipment moving from one place to another because they lost their rented farm here, so they had to find another one.
Yeah. Right. Well, I remember my, you know, my dad and my uncle talking about too, like every March, just because farmers back then were more, more likely to rent the entire farm place. Every March, you had new people in church with you. Every March, there was a parade of farm equipment moving from one place to another because they lost their rented farm here, so they had to find another one.
I agree. I can't hardly imagine what that would be like, but they do it all the time, I guess.
I agree. I can't hardly imagine what that would be like, but they do it all the time, I guess.
I agree. I can't hardly imagine what that would be like, but they do it all the time, I guess.
We don't struggle so much with your field stones. As much as we have solid ledge rock, we call it, it's solid granite. So, I mean, we have granite outcroppings that we literally will cover them up because you can't... The only way to get them out of the ground is to dynamite them out of the ground.
We don't struggle so much with your field stones. As much as we have solid ledge rock, we call it, it's solid granite. So, I mean, we have granite outcroppings that we literally will cover them up because you can't... The only way to get them out of the ground is to dynamite them out of the ground.