Making hay: Ada Wood Lyman, Adelaide Ives Wood, Hope Ives Jones, and Lena Gam- ble Ives. Millie Gamble collection.

in the day, as soon as the dew dried, and often returned late in the evening. Food was taken by the housewife to the marsh at meal time. Charlie Groggett, a Crossroad resident, was known for his Hay Making Lunches. Charlotte Groggett cooked a whole chicken each morning and

Threshing time: Hope Ives Jones and Adelaide Ives Wood sitting on the bags of grain

that have been threshed by Fred Gamble and George Pratt in the 19205. Millie Gamble collection.