Indiana in the 1930s
Letters from my Grandmother Home November 4, 1999
In 1999 and 2001, my grandmother wrote several letters to me describing her life in rural Indiana and Michigan.  She wrote primarily of the 1930s.  The links below offer some excerpts from those letters.
This world offers riches and riches bring worries
I don’t take stock in those uncertain things...
John Mellencamp
“...we had electric and running water but no bathroom...”
March 30, 2001
“It was bad times through the thirties...”
April 21, 2001
“At that time was what was called Prohibition...”
May 23, 2001
“...we got our water for the house from a windmill...”
June 7, 2001
“It was mostly all hard work...”
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