My grandparents, George Frederick and Lillie Barnes Stenberg bought the farm that his father owned before him in 1941. The family had lived at this location since 1895. As a child in the early 1960’s I remember long days spent picking strawberries on this farm. It was customary at that time for children to be excused from school to help with chores. While I enjoyed school, I was thrilled to be asked to help. The farm was at the end of Stenberg Road and Fred and Lillie’s children had built homes along
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At the end of 1955 the first deep freeze weather beckoned the local Whites Creek farmers to get together for a hog- killing. For a few years I helped at the Stenberg farm. After the hogs were killed by a .22 caliber bullet between the eyes, I would help drag the carcass to a sled which was towed to the end of Stenberg Road and put into a scalding tub. The hogs were hoisted to a pole between two trees for cooling and to allow us to pull the bristles
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