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<DIV>Aileen</DIV>
<DIV>As DJ and the other Glen have said a fresno was a type of horse drawn grader for building and smoothing roads.</DIV>
<DIV>Glenkc7mbm</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Glen A. Jones</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">Oregon Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:21 PM</DIV>
<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 </FONT></DIV>
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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>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:djbrtb@kci.net">djbrtb@kci.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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