This was written about the farm she lived on with Anthony Drexler before moving to her Druette Street house in Fornfelt. Her son, Claude, later took over that farm. It was located south of current Scott City, Missouri.
About Pioneers: (Dated 1934)
The sun still shines over the tree tops and over the high hills along the Mississippi River where the house of hewed logs was built back in the days of long ago. This big log room still stands. While in later years where an addition was built, but that addition and the log smoke house has been torn away. Improvements will be made as quickly as materials can be obtained, but the old log room shall stay.
Built by pioneers who came to Missouri and homesteaded these wooded acres. (They) hewed the logs that built this one room house (with) three small windows and a big fireplace by which they cooked their meals and by which heat was furnished for the very cold winters. For privacy a sheet, quilt or probably a bear skin was hung for a partition. From the dense woods around their house, they killed turkey, deer, and, sometimes, bear, and other wild animals for their meat.
This the county’s oldest landmark is located on one of the best roads. (It) has changed owners only four times. (It) has been the the home of our famous General Watkins (our abstract shows). The people of that day no doubt loved their home in the woods, maybe much better than we love our modern homes of the day. This historical place is near Illmo, Missouri. (It is) 100 acres of good hill sand.
Written by Edna Drexler (new owner), Fornfelt, Missouri