Yeah. Now that- that barn was in the big field that's- it was over here and it was in the foreground of that fall picture I showed you. That was a log barn for hay overflow, if you had too much hay.

Speaker: There's still (inc)- it's all over that- that way now, Vimy-Ridge. The- this is a field over there and the museum. The museum's right up over in there. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: And then we got this when we were clearing it and there's a log house and barn over there. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah that's (inc)- that's part of the- that's part of that field too. This is my front yard here (laughs) the- when I had lots of flowers out there. Interviewer: Yeah that's a lot of flowers.

sI'll have to look at that- Speaker: Well- well that was- was his farm out in Essonville but they origin-- Interviewer: Yeah yeah, the very original one. Speaker: Ah, he explained it to me, they did and that was the road going by and then when they in, that was the log house there and that was the chicken pen and that was the- the barn and the horse stable and (laughs) whatever. But I took a picture of it later. There's nothing there but that was the-

See it was a--a log house to start with and they've added on two--two pieces. This is Harold's side of the family.

Speaker: Yeah and she was raised- born and raised up on the Comstock-hill at Eagle-Lake up at Sir Sam's. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: And then they ah, they moved out of there when she married Grandpa-Murry, well then they moved down to Allsaw. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: And the little l-- log house is still standing but the roof's off it. Interviewer: (Coughs) Oh dear (laughs). Speaker: But dad, ah, dad's (inc) was five brothers and grandpa-Blue he used to draw the mail from Blairhampton to Minden.

Speaker: When I was up there, I got thinking about blacksmithing. It's funny working in an iron mine, you'd think about blacksmithing. And I wanted to make my own country tools, like tools to work your garden- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: To work- to build your log house and-so-on you-know? Yeah, so- Interviewer: So this is- 'kay so we're looking from your blacksmith shop (inc)-

Do yeah- they- they should be out after a good heavy rain. If we get a good heavy rain, they should be out now. And where- we lived on the lake in a log house there. We- I used to walk around and get the morels.

And you know a lot of these lakes up here, there's timber on the bottom, there's all this timber. ... I've- I've made log tongs for a couple of brothers and one guy who worked a boat ... and hocked this- this a logs, they brought him in, he said some of it they just cut up for firewood ...

Interviewer: What is this called? Speaker: Those are called skid-tongs. Interviewer: Skid-tongs. Speaker: Or log-tongs they could be called. Interviewer: Log-tongs. Interviewer: And- and when you're skidding, there's two horses- there's a whipple-tree here- here a double tree, a swivel hook and the swivel hook- hooks into that. And when you're the teamster, you got to pick that leg of the tong up and swing it. ... I know one- one set of my log tongs went to Japan and apparently they're building- doing log building over there and that's where they went.

And that's (inc) and that's up the hill but- oh yeah, that's the- the main drag.

But it's the means by which can you continue to live from this landscape without resorting to maso amounts of fossil fuel to move stuff from who knows where.

Well it's the upper part of the barn. You walk into the barn floor w-- and there's a- a mow on each side that you mile the hay. Before we had ma-- ah, bails, there was a hay fork rope, ah, a hay fork. We still have it up in the barn.

Interviewer: What's the most unusual animal you've seen here in town? Speaker: Ah, everybody says there's cougars but I haven't seen one. ... Yeah, there's been sightings but the M-N-R won't admit to it too much. They- Interviewer: What's the M-N-R? Speaker: The minist-- the ministry of no results. Interviewer: (Laughs) ... Why is called that? Speaker: (Laughs) That's what the local people refer to the ministry 'cause they (laughs)- the minister of n-- ministry of no result because they always say that there's ah- you-know they just don't solve the problems and they don't get along with the local people, the fighting and the um- the other things that going on into ah court.

Um, my grandpa worked for the M-N-R. His name is Alex-Horn. Um, he- I don't even really know what he did for the M-N-R to be honest with you.

...he eventually did wake as the morning came around and was dreadfully- he was dead drunk with bad moonshine, bad booze that somebody had made in one of the stills somewhere I-guess.

Speaker 1: And ah they made moonshine. Interviewer: How l-- why would they do that? Speaker 1: Well there was nothing else? Speaker 2: They didn't have a liquor store here then.

Speaker: Oh yeah there- oh there's- oh yeah, they have- and moonshine, they would make. Interviewer: Ooo! Speaker: They would make moonshine. Goodram is supposed to be known for- the story is in Goodram, if they don't like you, they'll burn your barn down.

Well he- they were with a family by the name of Collins. And my father drank too, moonshine. Because the Italians used to make wine and they knew different- like different areas made didn't things. You knew where to go and get your stuff. And um, anyway, the boy had had his tonsils out but he bled to death and they said it was because of my father giving him moonshine or giving whatever but they brought him the minis-- they brought in the doctor from um Minden in.

Speaker: And the steam engine was pulled by horses. Interviewer: Really? Speaker: And ah- and of course you'd then, you had to have somebody get into one mow, pitch the grain to the guy that put it in the separator they call it.

... the men would come in all ah, dirt from the- and dust from the s-- ah, o-- oat sh-- (inc) the straw that would come from- i-- if they were in the straw mow, they would be filthy. Ah, and then there'd be somebody bagging the oats, I-guess or putting them into the granary or-something. Interviewer: Well, at least everybody would get together and have a big meal.