Remember This Farm? (Springfield, Ozark, Brookline: houses, neighborhood, high school)

[Hillman]

Does anyone remember Lillydale Milking Shorthorn Farm owned by Sam Beadelston,West of Springfield? Give you a hint Deer Lake Golf Course is there now.

I worked there back in the '60's.

hillman

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Hillman

Does anyone remember Lillydale Milking Shorthorn Farm owned by Sam Beadelston,West of Springfield? Give you a hint Deer Lake Golf Course is there now.

I worked there back in the '60's.

hillman

DANG! You must be about as old as I am.

So, was it better as a farm or has it improved by becoming a golf course. I sometimes think that "progress" isn't all it's cracked-up to be. I'd be interested in your opinion.

[Hillman]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

DANG! You must be about as old as I am.

So, was it better as a farm or has it improved by becoming a golf course. I sometimes think that "progress" isn't all it's cracked-up to be. I'd be interested in your opinion.

Had THE BEST Milking Shorthorn Herds in the world.Loved working there and couldn't ask for better people.Sam took me under his wing and treated me as one of his Kids.

I know the deal on the Farm.It was a matter of someone not willing to put out the work Beadelstons did.The person had all his eggs in one Basket and couldn't make a living.

Progress oh give me a time when this were much simpler.

hillman

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Hillman

Progress oh give me a time when this were much simpler.

hillman

Hear! Hear!

I think I've become my parents!

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by Hillman

Does anyone remember Lillydale Milking Shorthorn Farm owned by Sam Beadelston,West of Springfield? Give you a hint Deer Lake Golf Course is there now.

I worked there back in the '60's.

hillman

I remember it well, Hillman, for I grew up just west of Brookline, out in the sticks between N and MM highways. That's all grown up now with houses. The farms have become subdivisions and golf courses.

I went coon hunting one night several years back over by what used to Clear Creek Park (remember that rural swimming pool?). The dogs crossed a highway and my brother-in-law and I got in the truck to go chase them down. The dogs were in a subdivision of McMansions that I didn't even know existed. Motion-detecting floodlights kept popping on while we walked through the subdivision hollering for the hounds. We eventually rounded them up and headed for another place farther away.

The Ozarks region has changed drastically. What we grew up with is gone. That's progress, which is something we are supposed to embrace.

[Cali BassMan]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

The Ozarks region has changed drastically. What we grew up with is gone. That's progress, which is something we are supposed to embrace.

Well I don't know about embracing it..I'm sure alot of locals hate the change, much as I do the change in my old neighborhood. Where I grew up, the fields we use to play in are all houses and the creeks are pipes under streets.. The one creek left in the old neighborhood has a tall fence with barbed wire atop it to keep people out. Of course kids in the area play video games now, where we use to go catch frogs....

Hopefully it won't change as much as my area has, here's a video~~~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUk84bKUDI0

[Hillman]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

I remember it well, Hillman, for I grew up just west of Brookline, out in the sticks between N and MM highways. That's all grown up now with houses. The farms have become subdivisions and golf courses.

I went coon hunting one night several years back over by what used to Clear Creek Park (remember that rural swimming pool?). The dogs crossed a highway and my brother-in-law and I got in the truck to go chase them down. The dogs were in a subdivision of McMansions that I didn't even know existed. Motion-detecting floodlights kept popping on while we walked through the subdivision hollering for the hounds. We eventually rounded them up and headed for another place farther away.

The Ozarks region has changed drastically. What we grew up with is gone. That's progress, which is something we are supposed to embrace.

I was friends with Kennys in Brookline.He would have some good parties.

Yea I got a laugh we had a Sinkhole we had been filling for years and how many years before that.I mean we was putting Cars Loads of rocks we took of the fields.Well I was watching the News one day they was cleaning what they could out of that Sinkhole.

Yea I went from working on the Farm to MFA just off the Square.That was back when everything there came in 100# Burlap Bags.You handle them Bags fast as you can for 8 hours a day you don't put any fat on thats for sure.

Yea I remember Clear Creek.We use to go swimming at Lindinlure (sp) and Big Rock on the Sac.

Do you remember when the TriState Truck blowed up on I-44 and they had a bunch of Trailers parked by Lillydale and the Mayor of Springfield told them to get them out of there?

hillman

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by Hillman

Do you remember when the TriState Truck blowed up on I-44 and they had a bunch of Trailers parked by Lillydale and the Mayor of Springfield told them to get them out of there?

hillman

I remember the explosion. I was in high school. I was almost asleep when the house shook. We all got up, got in the car and drove over to Stuckey's. I walked down to the hole in the highway. I don't remember the deal with the mayor.

That was all a union fight wasn't it?

[Hillman]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

I remember the explosion. I was in high school. I was almost asleep when the house shook. We all got up, got in the car and drove over to Stuckey's. I walked down to the hole in the highway. I don't remember the deal with the mayor.

That was all a union fight wasn't it?

Yea TriState was on strike.Some people got up on the Overpass,shot into the Trailer with High powerd rifle.Blowed the Truck,blowed the Windows out on their Car.Set off alarms all over Springfield.There was maybe 20 Trailers of TriStates setting by the Gas Station by Interstate.Yes the Mayor was very nervous.

hillman

[ozarksboy]

Originally Posted by Hillman

Yea TriState was on strike.Some people got up on the Overpass,shot into the Trailer with High powerd rifle.Blowed the Truck,blowed the Windows out on their Car.Set off alarms all over Springfield.There was maybe 20 Trailers of TriStates setting by the Gas Station by Interstate.Yes the Mayor was very nervous.

hillman

Yeah, but at that time that was out in the county, outside the city limits, wasn't it? Mayor had no authority.