PIONEER PORTRAITS
June 29, 2023
Ten Years Ago
June 27, 2013
Wesley Hoskins grew up on a farm on Whetstone creek in the 1920s and 30s. During those years he witnessed some amazing changes. In 1930, there was no electricity on the farm. By 1940, the REA co-op had brought electricity to farmers on the Whetstone, and throughout Columbia County. In 1930, Hoskins' family – and all their neighbors – plowed, harrowed, and harvested wheat using draft horses or mules. By 1940, many farmers in Columbia County were using Caterpillar tractors. Hoskins, who turned 90 in March, was in Dayton this week with copies of his new book, "An Organ...
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