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Caplinger Mills, MO
Cool Fence - E.V. Weidner
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Built by E. V. "Gordon" Wisner of Blackjack, MO, the fence runs about 1/4 mile, running from his home and ending at a simple Mennonite church. Both sides of the road are lined with stone fences. A more traditional dry stack fence/wall of stone in varying sizes, including a 3000 pound rock, are along the east side of the road, while a "lighter" rock and concrete fence faces it on the west.
The posts of this fence have rock and other materials (including horseshoes, slate and glass) create the concrete- embedded designs, and rocks topping the rails. All surrounding a pastoral setting with a pond and continuation of the stone fence.
The fences cover almost half of his 40 acres, and it is said that he still uses the tractor that he purchased in the early 1950s. Every now and then you might notice his "signature" with date atop of the rails, as they were completed. All in all an impressive creation in the "middle of nowhere."
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Bibliography:
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Back to the Breadbasket", 2004.
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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