Charlie said shovels and rope were necessary
equipment when traveling in the early days. The roads
were not paved yet so if it rained you might need to
dig out or get pulled out of the mud. Early road maps
gave directions, such as "turn right at the
old
oak tree in front of farmer Yasker's place."
They took Charlie's licence away when he was in his
nineties
after he sideswiped a few cars with his 1950s Buick.
He still had three Buicks when he died at 98 years old
-
one that ran and two more for parts.
Bill Diederich bought this 1927 Buick
touring sedan after WWII for $40.00. He and two friends,
Lewis Tusken and Frank Elliott, spent the summer touring
Northern Wisconsin.
Bill sold the Buick that fall for $140.00.
