Smokies Life Issue 17 (Vol. 9 #2) Fall 2015

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Wagons Without Wheels: The Humble Land Sled by TomRobbins

For many, the word sled brings to mind children

sliding down snow covered hills, but for old-timers who grew up in rural areas where snow was a rarity, the word can trigger very different memories. On mountain farms of the past, what were sometimes called land sleds, ground sleds, or ground slides, were used yearSmokies Life

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