This old mower lay half-buried at Soaproot Flat until it was removed to the Eastern Fresno County Historical Society Museum a few years ago. My great grandfather used it to harvest hay at Soaproot Flat early last century. I found an entry in the Burrough Store ledger books for a hay sale at Soaproot to the then very young U.S. Forest Service. Similar mowers were used in Burrough Valley and Watts Valley in the old days. This model dates from the 1870's.
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