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  • Collection: Mouren Family Collection

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Mouren Farms would receive the parts for their harvester on the train. They put it together where they unloaded it. Southern Pacific Depot and Mouren warehouse is in the background.

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Bert Adado is in the cab of the 1935 Ford truck, Howard Mouren is on the 60 cat tractor. They would have to tow the Ford truck at times because of how sandy the field was.

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Mr. Oren Lee King is driving a thresher pulled by 26 horses and mules, in the 1914 or 1915 harvest. Mr. King was married to Agnes Mouren sister of Joseph Mouren.

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The post office is behind the tree. Mr Ham is the middle man. The early Mouren residence on the left was painted red. The beds in front of the house were rented out to harvesters or sheepherders.

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The 1935 Mouren harvest. A 1918 Buick flat bed, and the 1935 Ford in center and an old 60 caterpillar tractor. The members of the harvest crew that are identified are: 2nd from right Joseph Mouren, 3rd from right Bert Ahado, 6th from right, Bill…

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This building was the original depot for the Southern Pacific.

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Putting the sorghum (milo maze) wagons together in the Mouren warehouse yard.

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Bringing in a load of sorghum (milo maze) from the Mouren farm.

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Sorghum wagon and cooks wagon. The blacksmith-garage and Mouren's first house can be seen.

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The low side of the wagon was for workers to throw cut sorghum into wagon.
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