When I was very young my Great Grandmother, who had two of her sons living on the homestead, had MANY, perhaps over a hundred puzzles, BIG zigsaw puzzles, as well as all kinds of books. "Back in the day" various libraries across the nation would see unwanted books "grab bag" in quantity for very little money.
The sad end to this is she died, and one of the brothers fell in love and wanted to get married. So Uncle Wayne bought out Uncle Maynon, and Wayne and his new wife Kate lived on the homestead. Then Wayne got terminal cancer and died. Mom and my Aunt went out to see Kate while she was cleaning out the house.........to sell........and here was Kate in the living room
She had found that Great Gramma hid money. So she was opening the puzzles, looking for hidden money, and then just dumping them into a huge pile on the floor, books and puzzles alike. I'm sure it all got burned. This would have been around?? 1961--1962 after Wayne died.
