a loss in integrity....
This once grand farmhouse, was a showcase for the fortunes of the farmer that grew corn there on the fertile flatlands near Peoria,IL.Life couldn't be better,or the future brighter.
But in the late 1970's and early '80s,things started to go very wrong.Crop prices dropped and interest rates tripled.Then Caterpillar bought large tracts of the now much cheaper farmland nearby.Then the aging owner passed and there was no one to carry on the fading legacy...no one that cared.The decision was made to sell the farm.But Caterpillar wasn't interested in buying more land-it was cheaper to manufacture overseas.And who wants to buy and fix up this fading gem...and live in an area surrounded by smoke belching factories and heavy traffic?
So the farm and its fading showcase waits...with little hope for a future.
a reversal in fortunes indeed...
a loss in integrity....
This once grand farmhouse, was a showcase for the fortunes of the farmer that grew corn there on the fertile flatlands near Peoria,IL.Life couldn't be better,or the future brighter.
But in the late 1970's and early '80s,things started to go very wrong.Crop prices dropped and interest rates tripled.Then Caterpillar bought large tracts of the now much cheaper farmland nearby.Then the aging owner passed and there was no one to carry on the fading legacy...no one that cared.The decision was made to sell the farm.But Caterpillar wasn't interested in buying more land-it was cheaper to manufacture overseas.And who wants to buy and fix up this fading gem...and live in an area surrounded by smoke belching factories and heavy traffic?
So the farm and its fading showcase waits...with little hope for a future.
a reversal in fortunes indeed...