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Upton Family
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Page 3
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Fifty years ago, in 1946, there were three generations of Uptons living together in the home. They were George A. Upton and his
wife Katie, their youngest son John J. Upton and his wife Sadie A. Oard Upton, and their five children, Lloyd, John "Dale", Kathryn, Gary, and Donna. At this time the home
used a carbide gas system for lights and refrigeration. The carbide tank is still in the ground next to the home. Many rooms have been remodeled and some rooms have been added to the
original structure as porches became bedrooms for this growing family.
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The large barn was built by George A. Upton circa 1901or 1902 using both new and recycled material. The recycled boards were from
the George Upton Mine owned by the Western Pennsylvania Mining Company, where he had been the foreman for them on the south fork of the Cosumnes River, below Upton. The corrugated
iron roofing was purchased new and shipped via rail to Latrobe, then hauled by wagon to the ranch for the barn. The barn is still in use today.
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The shop barn was really a blacksmith shop and equipment storage barn. It existed on the property in 1901 when George A. Upton
purchased the eighty acres from John Cruson. George taught all his sons how to use the forge and related tools to make shoes, to shod horses, to sharpen tools and drills, and to make
door latches and hinges. Some of these latches and hinges are still in use on the old barns today.
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