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Town's heart is agriculture

Phyllis Coulter Illinois Farmer Today
Mar 29, 2016
Mar 29, 2016

Agriculture is the heart — The heart of Oakland, Illinois, is pickup trucks, a farm-equipment dealership and an elevator.
Phyllis Coulter/Illinois Farmer Today

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Phyllis Coulter Illinois Farmer Today

OAKLAND, Ill. – It’s easy to see the heart of Oakland is its agricultural community. Pickup trucks park at the side of the cobble-stone main street, flanked by a farm equipment dealership and an elevator.

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