About: barefootprincess
Name: Barbara Garb
Details: We own a 120 year old farm house. A very small farm only 5 acres but hey its ours. The longer we are here the more neat things we find out about the house and the history ot it.
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
| Okay so I am new to this so bear with me a while. We just bought a 120 year old farm house. It was built in 1888 in Dixon MO. We have been here 2 months now and keep finding more and more out about our little treasure of a home. In the walls we have found newspapers dated 1908. I found the old sign post with the original owners name on it. I took it up the road to the little old lady who had the same last name,I thought she was going to cry. ” Yes she said I am related to them,,,,I lived in that house for 25 years and raised my children there.” It was built by her husbands great grandfather the man on the sign post. I learned that the large barn was built by her husband in 1925 as his senior project in high school,,,,,and the small stone barn was built by their son. I met her grandchildren and great grandchildren who were visting her and they all told me they had heard stories about Grandma and Grandpas farm. Mrs Miller is a well loved retired school teacher, I told her I would love for them to come and visit the old farm anytime they like. The little Grandchildren were really excited that they could see the place they had heard about in Grandmas stories. I told Mrs Miller that when we find things as we restore the house I will bring them to her. I found her old wooden gaden gate I plan to paint it and take it to her house for her to put in her little flower garden. My husband is going to take some pics of the place now and frame them for her. The Miller family has been so gracious and are glad that someone who cares got the old house. They said it was always a happy home filled with love. A love you can still feel there I am happy to say. Will keep eveyrone updated on what else we find. It is exciting to find new stuff. |
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