[or-roots] What is a fresno team

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Aileen
As DJ and the other Glen have said a fresno was a type of horse drawn grader for building and smoothing roads.
Glenkc7mbm

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Glen A. Jones

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From: "Aileen Itzen" <aileen_30 at msn.com> 

When I was a kid during the '30's I remember we used one on our farm to connect up some of our fields that were near a slough.  Aileen
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From: D. J. Brotherton 
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Subject: [or-roots] What is a fresno team


I have an obit from Eastern Oregon in which it states 

"he drove a  fresno team to help build Grizzley Road."


What I want to know is what is a "fresno team"? 

I can't find the term on the internet or in the dictionary.  Is it a type of horse?  A type of wagon? A misspelled word?  

This was around 1920-30's I think.  The obit is from Jefferson County, Oregon.

Dolores in Colorado
djbrtb at kci.net
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