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Cale McKoon, right, talks to a fellow worker at the St. Mary's Academy in Nauvoo, Illinois. Because he was a farmer and carpenter, he was exempted from the draft; farming was an essential occupation.
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Farmers are the backbone and heart of this continent. Farming here goes back more than 10,00…
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