Longview Farm Memories

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Neighbor to Farm

"One day I went down to the Greenhouse and they had cut three thousand roses and carnations to go into Kansas City. I used to get roses for a dollar-and-a-half a dozen and gardenias for twenty-five cents."

53 years on the Farm

"We had volleyball teams that played in the arena of the Show Horse Barn. Every department had a team Each team had different colored vests and both men and women played. Mrs. Combs was the biggest duck in the puddle when she got to playing and got excited."

51 years on the Farm

"There were spots to tie the boats up by the Pergola. We used to have a boat house. Everybody that worked here could have a boat and store it in there. They had big bull frogs in the lily ponds and they'd sit on the lily pads and crock. We had frog leg dinners!"

28 years on the Farm

"I loved to hear the clock outside on top of the barn when it would strike. It was a big 'gong' that you could hear almost all over the farm. It struck on the hour and the half-hour."