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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:39 AM Original message |
"The Bottoms"...that's what they called the land that served as the broad |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Where I grew up in Kansas City, MO I lived in The Bottoms too |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My grandfather had a tract of land in The Bottoms which he farmed |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What wonderful grandparents----God,they must have worked hard. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Sgt York wanted some bottom land |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. the Bottoms are still there - mostly industrial now. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. recommend |
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nenagh (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. So enjoyed reading that Skidmore.. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Great writing. I was born a little higher up on the Iowa bottoms. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. I would guess that spring flooding used to replenish the |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Some of the richest farmland on earth was fed by those waters. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I live near many incredibly black fields that are flat as a tabletop. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You are so right. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. dupe. |
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