Category Archives: Uncategorized

We’ve been looking back to the 1940s and 1950s days of cutting and shocking oats and wheat on the Scheckel 238-acre farm, in the heart of Crawford County, two miles northwest of Seneca. We’re ready to take the binder to … Continue reading →

We’re getting the McCormick Deering grain binder ready to go on the Scheckel 238-acre farm, in the heart of Crawford County, two miles northwest of Seneca. The golden fields of oats are ready for cutting.The next step needed to get … Continue reading →

It’s the middle of July, and my mind goes back to life on the Scheckel 238-acre farm, in the heart of Crawford County, two miles northwest of Seneca. No sooner was first crop hay “put up” and it was time … Continue reading →

The long, hot, lazy days of summer, middle of July, bring back fond memories of life on the Scheckel 238-acre farm, two miles northwest of Seneca in the heart of Crawford County. Haying season started in early June and just … Continue reading →

It is this time of year, late June and early July, that bring back fond memories of life on the Scheckel 238-acre farm, two miles northwest of Seneca in the heart of Crawford County. Long, hot, lazy days of summer. … Continue reading →

  I got a teaching job in Tomah in 1972. The next year our young family moved from French Island near La Crosse to Tomah. That summer, I joined the Knights of Columbus slow-pitch softball team. We played twice a … Continue reading →

We finished our drive from Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County, through Vernon County, and into Crawford County where I grew up on a farm 2 miles northwest of Seneca. We have been on Highway 27, the Black River Road, which … Continue reading →

We’re in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin right now on our virtual drive through Crawford County in Southwestern Wisconsin from Rising Sun to Prairie du Chien following the Black River Road now known as Highway 27. The Post Office in Prairie … Continue reading →

We’re in Eastman, Wisconsin right now on our virtual drive through Crawford County in Southwestern Wisconsin from Rising Sun to Prairie du Chien. St. Wenceslaus Church stands tall out on the edge of Eastman. That’s where Ann and I were … Continue reading →

In this series of weekly blogs we are driving down through Crawford County, taking Highway 27, from Viroqua to Prairie du Chien. Seneca is perched in the heart of Crawford County and our Scheckel farm was 2 miles northwest of … Continue reading →