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TOP: One of Westmoreland’s favorites is this miniature dog-trot house, lighted, furnished and inhabited by a family of five (on the front porch).
ABOVE: A mule-drawn road grader made in Minnesota has found a permanent home in Westmoreland’s Pontotoc museum.
”5 ON THE COVER: One of the many pieces Mildred Westmoreland has restored is a water pump, used by turn-of-the-century farm families before electricity (and electric pumps) arrived at the farm.
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