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Road Rollers I Have KnownBy Carl H. OehmichChesterton, Indiana 46304 In March of 1904 when I was one year old, my family moved from Chicago to a farm about six miles east of Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana. This farm bordered on a plain dirt road. Rumors were that this road would be graveled within several years. This event happened when I was four years old. I was very interested in what was going on, and would linger at the end of our driveway and watch the wagons which hauled the gravel. These were regular farm wagon gear with 4x4s placed across the bolsters with plank sides and ends to form a box which would probably hold a little over a cubic yard. To dump the load the driver would remove the end boards and one by one would pry up the 4x4s which were trimmed at the ends for hand holes. Finally when the gravel had been spread on the stretch fronting our farm, I was ama... 787 of 5572 characters shown.
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