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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 9)

Following graduation from high school I taught country school for one term and then went to business college. After business college I worked for brother Fred in Sauk Centre who had the bus and transfer business. In the fall of … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 8)

When I was fourteen years old which would have been in 1913 dad decided to give up farming in that part of the world as there was not enough moisture to grow farm crops. He decided to go to Minnesota … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 7)

We finally left there and went on west where dad filed on a homestead in Perkins County. We were about halfway between Sturgis and Lemmon our closest railroad town. Dad built a sod house and I had to help carry … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 6)

We always camped in the open at night. Sometimes we would be by a trout stream where we could get some rainbow trout that were just wonderful eating. Other times by a lake, and one time right out in the … Continue reading

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Life Story of George Ader Walker… as written by him. (part 5)

After we got to Ashland Oregon we found dads Uncle Frank and he in turn helped the two families find a big house that we could live in during the time dad and uncle looked around for some place that … Continue reading

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