Wow! It's amazing to hear stories from other people's lives.
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Originally Posted by Armistead
One of her funny stories was...They lived in a old cabin, planked floor, but large cracks in the floor between the planks.
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I read Laura Wilder's 'Little House' books to my kids when they were little. She mentions those separated planks, and says that it was easy to sweep the floor that way. The dirt went between the planks and down into the "under floor".
It's said that legendary Kansas lawman Elfego Baca once held off an entire town for a couple of days by ripping up floorboards and lying in the "under floor".