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Picking a Peck at Pickering
Pickering has long been a place to pick a peck of apples. A 1976 history of Pickering notes: The Carmichael apple orchard (500 trees_ was west of Pickering, about four miles, and was planted in 1910 by Riley “Rile” Carmichael. … Continue reading
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Pickering History
Here’s a history of Pickering from the 1976 Forum Bicentinal
The Pickering Cottonwood Direction Tree
A 1976 history of Pickering, Missouri, notes that everyone there gives directions using a cottonwood tree south of Pickering at the intersection of County Route OO/192nd Street and Missouri Highway 148. The tree was cut down in 1975. The article … Continue reading
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