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to any family member who ever lived there or had been a part of it. “She said Dad and I are the caretakers now. That’s kind of neat,” he said. Judy added, “It is like hallowed ground to all of the Cole grandkids. The memories are so much a part of all of them. And they share those memories with all of their kids which makes them familiar with their background and where they came from.” In family stories, Jim’s cousins speak fondly of the good times at the Cole farm 60 or 70 years ago. Jim’s generation – the grandchildren of Robert and Julia Cole – tell tales of bee hives and honeycombs, swimming and catching polliwogs in Pattee Creek, swinging on the big porch, the smell of Grandma Cole’s fresh bread and an abundance of good food, climbing the big basswood tree north of the house, treasure hunting in the attic, fireworks on the 4th of July, ice skating on the river, and “the fun of the hayloft – climbing up as many rungs on the ladder as you dared, swinging out on the rope over the hay and letting go!” Jim figures he grew up in the best of times. “The ‘50s and ‘60s were the best times in anybody’s life. Everybody I talk to says ‘I’m glad we lived in the time we did.’ It was good times. I worked side-by-side with my dad right from the get-go.” In the 1950s, the operation was still diversified, including both beef cattle and milk cows, which they milked by hand. His father, Rolfe, fed cattle. “I got in on that a couple of times. That was enough for me. Neither time turned out very good,” he said.

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