She must have been from a wealthy family to allow a child to take a horse to school
I have driven through Medina County to visit my brother in Holmes County. A beautiful county, but I think all of Ohio is beautiful. I can’t imagine leaving it for Florida.
Now leaving Ohio for Arizona is another matter. If I could just convince my wife.
“She must have been from a wealthy family to allow a child to take a horse to school “
This would be the late twenties and I think everybody had a horse. They had a farm outside the town and an apartment over the music store, which they owned. My grandfather, when business was slow, would take a Victrola and a bunch of records for a ride, stage a breakdown near a likely prospect and ask them to hold onto the Victrola and the records until he could come back for them. He ended up selling about 90% of them.
They did end up fairly wealthy as they went into the 30’s debt free with multiple income streams. None of the things they did in the 30’s for income could be done today as each type of job now requires a license (tax) and multiple insurances before you can even solicit for business.
The boys rode their horses to school with saddle guns. If they shot something on the way home they ate meat. If not, no meat. Many of the kids lived in holes in the ground as people dug the basements first and moved into them, then built the house. Today, that wouldn’t be possible. It might even be child abuse. How times have changed.
Ohio is among the most beautiful places on Earth. But Hell moves in around late fall and stays until spring.