Old Orchard Farm

Return to an Iowa farm of the 1880's, seen through the impressionable eyes of a lively young boy. There is Des Moines county, not far from Burlington, Hugh Orchard grew up when the farm was the center of life in rural America. A violent prairie storm was a terrifying experience. A trip to the county seat town was a thrilling adventure. There were peculiar neighbors, traveling peddlers, an excursion to the mill to grind wheat for bread, hunting expeditions for prairie chickens and wild geese.