![]() ![]() His 14-year-old grandson, Adrian Garne, takes trips to Red Oak II to learn about the past. “Back then if you needed a hand on the farm you could pretty well go into town and get somebody,” Charles said. Victor Charles, who has lived all 78 of his years in the real Red Oak, said America lost a sense of community when places like his home town faded into history. But with kerosene lights and wooden stoves it didn’t cost but quarters to live.” ![]() It’s something we sure have gotten away from,” Davis said. “It was such a close network of neighbors helping neighbors. The family survived by running the general store, which now is the centerpiece of Red Oak II. Red Oak had about 250 people when Davis’ father lost the farm during the Depression. For him, the buildings he’s refurbished at Red Oak II symbolize all a person should need: a church, schoolhouse, general store, blacksmith shop, saw mill, gas station, feed store, barns and wooden homes with wide front porches and obligatory white-picket fences. Davis believes country living broke down when cities and suburbs grew after World War II. ![]()
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