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Art Stearns hefts an unknown person on his shoulders
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I'm not sure where these photos were taken. I doubt they were taken in South Dakota because I don't think anyone in the Edgemont/Provo area grew sugar beets because irrigation was not available in those areas. All of the photos were taken during a sugar beet harvest which makes me think the photos may have been taken in the Riverton, WY area where farmers have grown sugar beets for years.
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standing, Oscar Eberle, Art Stearns, Jacob Eberle
unknown person in wagon
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This photo shows my mother's brothers, too, so they may have come out to Wyoming from South Dakota to help during the harvest season.
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Art Stearns
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To my knowledge, my dad never planted sugar beets on the farm. The crops I remember on the farm were beans, potatoes, corn, oats, and alfalfa. Maybe my sisters can give me some idea where these photos may have been taken.
Looks like a good crop of sugar beets—they are huge!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and looks like a bumper crop. I grew up in the heart of Minnesota sugar beet country. I lived in town, but do remember a couple of times going out into the field with a friend of my dad and picking up beets missed by the harvest. Then we took some beets home to my mom who planned to grind them. But I don't remember if she did. They really are huge which was a surprise.
ReplyDeleteMy dad was a Wyoming sugar beet farmer! Everyone in the entire family was allowed to drive the dump trucks to the factory 'dump' except me! lol I spent my whole childhood playing in those beets. Remember sugar beet balls from the factory, used to play with jacks?
ReplyDeleteI love old photos--anyone's old photos! I don't even have to know who the people are. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I have just started eating beets again and using them for juicing. They are a lost delicacy from the past.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katherine. I enjoy seeing old pictures. Yours are always interesting because you know something about the picture and people. I never lived inland always lived near an ocean even if it was an hour or two away until I was an adult. We always lived in suburbs. Now we are a far suburb with a minimum 2 acre requirement. I think we've gone a little too rural! Enjoyed the post.
ReplyDeleteThose are some great photos of your dad and certainly show life on the farm!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow....those beets are HUGE!
ReplyDeleteCool. Fireman and I saw lots of beets at the CHicago Botanic gardens today@ How in sync we are Nancy!
ReplyDeleteThat was the main crop in my little section of the world, when I was a child. I love that memory, thank you!
ReplyDeleteIn the middle photo the wagon has wooden wheels...how cool is that! They look like young men possibly in their early 20's. Great old photos:)
ReplyDeleteI feel like such a voyeur but I do love the random old B&W farm photos you come up with. I feel the same way about them that I do about paintings of ordinary life scenes...they're precious.
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