The Miller family, written down
A farm on County Road 9, a ribbon-winning apple pie, and a quilt made of Sunday dresses.
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Ruth Miller
Ruth Miller (1932–2019) ran the house at the farm on County Road 9 for fifty-five years, won the county fair pie ribbon more often than anyone thought fair, and canned everything that stood still. Her…
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The Farm on County Road 9
A hundred and sixty acres, a white farmhouse, a red barn and a silo, in the family from 1921 until Walter sold the land in 2008. Dairy until 1975, corn and soybeans after.
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Grandma Ruth's Apple Pie
The pie that won Ruth the county fair ribbon in 1968 and every year she entered after. Lard crust, tart apples, a lattice she wove without looking.
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The Bicentennial Picnic, 1976
The Fourth of July picnic at the farm in 1976, when the whole township came, the creek was dammed for swimming, and the fireworks two towns over could be watched from the hay wagon.
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Walter Miller
Walter Miller (1929–2003) married Ruth in 1951, farmed the home place all his life, and could fix any machine that had ever been made, as long as nobody watched.
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The Wedding Ring Quilt
The quilt Ruth's mother made for her wedding in 1951, from feed sacks and old dresses — and why the family knows whose dress every square was.
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