Guns: From an Agrarian Tool to a Clint Eastwood Western

Here’s a little-known historical fact: Northwood had turkey shoots in the hardscrabble 1950s before the flat-landers flocked here, when farming was dying, houses could be bought for back taxes, and land could be had for one hundred dollars an acre. Here’s what I remember through the fog of time: Because my father was an avid hunter with superb aim, he was drawn like a bear to honey to these local get-togethers. Boys competed against each other for prizes, firing .22 caliber rifles at paper targets. Meanwhile, the men took turns shooting at clay pigeons (round disks flung at high speed from a mechanical launcher). <a href="https://jeanstimmell.medium.com/guns-from-an-agrarian-tool-to-a-clint-eastwood-western-22754921f28c">Learn More</a>