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Month: August 2021

Vehicles, “Ambulance” Driving and Close Calls (The Olfert Story continues)

August 28, 2021 Jim Odens

After a while we really got big. Each family got a little Ford truck—a one-ton truck. Then we put a…

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Filed under: ambulance driving, Dietrich Olfert, Fordson tractor, Kathrina Olfert, Model T, Nash auto

Relatives, Wild Horses and the Challenges of Homesteading

August 7, 2021 Jim Odens

Some of Kathrina’s family also came to Lustre to homestead. Her brother Henry came in 1921 and bought a farm…

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Filed under: Dietrich Olfert, Homestead, Kathrina Olfert, Piano-Organ, Wild Horses

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