jodaviess1
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Jodaviess Co. N.W. IL.
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THEN AND NOW
I HAVE LIVED ALL BUT 5 YEARS OF MY LIFE RIGHT HERE IN JODAVIESS CO. I REMEMBER WHEN BRANIGER COMPANY'S CAME TO THE AREA AND STARTED TRYING TO BUY FARMS TO CREATE WHAT IS NOW GALENA TERRITORY. A BIG RUCUS AMONG FOLKS THAT WANTED TO KEEP THEM OUT V.S. THE ONES THAT WOULD SELL THEIR FARMS TO ALLOW IT WAS THE MAIN TALK FOR A YEAR OR SO UNTIL A COUPLE FARMERS SOLD, AND MAN, IT WAS ON. AFTER THEY GOT THE MIDDLE OF THE VALLEY BOUGHT, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT A LAKE WAS GOING TO BE BUILT, THEY WERE OFFERING A FAIR PRICE AND EITHER SELL OR GET USED TO IT BEING MUCH DAMPER THAN THEY HAD BEEN USED TO IN PAST. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY GOT IT BOUGHT. AN I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW MANY THOUSAND ACRE LAKE, 5000 AND SOME ODD HOMES, TOWN HOUSES, MOTELS, GENERAL STORY AND 4 GOLF COURSES LATER IN 2013. I TOOK THIS PHOTO THIS AM OF A BARN ON THE 18 HOLE NORTH COURSE OF THE TERRITORY THAT I BELIEVE COSTS $150.00 A ROUND TO PLAY, THAT A PAST GENERATION OF A FAMILY THAT I KNOW NOW MILKED COWS IN THAT BARN. I JUST WONDER HOW MUCH MILK IT TOOK TO MAKE $150.00 BACK THEN??? <v>

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