Groundsite Image Gallery
In Jamestown
Artist: Jost, Lora
Date: 1999
Medium: mixed-media with dirt
Height: 0.000"
Width: 0.000"
Keywords: depression
Quote (within artwork) by Wayne Ruud, Farmer, Concordia, KS 12/16/99: “In the town of Jamestown, there was three restaurants in 1961, two beer joints—yeah. Now we’re lucky to have a bar and a grill. We’re lucky to have a restaurant, that’s how times have changed. You no longer have the dealerships. Massey-Harris is no longer in business, as such, even though they still master our tractors. They no longer make Desoto cars. They no longer make International pickups. Case has since merged in with International. Now in Jamestown we have—also in 1961 there was three grocery stores in Jamestown. We now have, in Jamestown, a grain elevator that sells gas. We’re lucky to have that. We have a bank, a bar and grill where we eat our noon meals, and they serve breakfast. We’re lucky to have that... Oh, also, in 1961, you could buy gas from at least five locations. Now you’re lucky to have one... Now, it’s older people, and bigger farmers, of course. And more people doing more work.”