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<P>Come 1915, I worked on the hauling of earth with dump wagons. The four-horse
fresno had come into being about that time -- it was about five feet wide, a big
steel eye bolt fastened to the center of the fresno on both sides and a heavy
steel bail fastened to the eye bolt that the horses pulled on. It also let the
fresno pivot the front part up or down. The way you loaded it was with what they
called the Johnson bar. It was fastened on the back part near the top about four
to five feet long. A man walked behind and held the bar with both hands. This
was hard work. If you wanted to dig deeper you lifted up the bar and the
fresno's nose would cut deeper. When full you just pushed down hard on the bar
and the fresno would come out and slide along by itself unless it hit a stump or
rock, then it would trip over and you would lose a load.</P></DIV>
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<A title=djbrtb@kci.net href="mailto:djbrtb@kci.net">D. J. Brotherton</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:21
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] What is a fresno
team</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I have an obit from Eastern Oregon in which it states
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<DIV><FONT size=2>"he drove a fresno team to help build Grizzley
Road."<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What I want to know is what is a "<U>fresno
team"? </U></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>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? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This was around 1920-30's I think. The obit is from
Jefferson County, Oregon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dolores in Colorado</FONT></DIV>
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