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GRANDDAD HAD THE FIRST TRACTOR ON RUBBER TIRES IN MINNESOTA

My grandfather had the first rubber-tired tractor in Meeker County, Minnesota, and according to Firestone, the entire state.

My grandfather was a successful farmer, businessman, legislator, father and Christian. He had five sons; four were in their late teenage years and

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