10/02/2026
A lot of memories and emotions wrapped up in this one. "Willy's Wall" placard recovered from the old Wolf family farm yesterday.
In 1980, between my junior and senior year of HS, my Grandpa Wolf and I spent many days working together to build a around 80' long x 3' high limestone wall...mortared not dry...along the edge of the farm garden. I learned a lot about raw stone masonry work that summer. I also gained an enormous appreciation for the hard work and craftsmanship that it took to build the literally couple miles of dry-stack limestone walls around the farm. And, I was awed looking at our work and then at the precision of the foundation walls in the house and the 1st level stone walls in the barn...both built 150-200 years prior!
Interesting to me that for most of my adult life I thought the attached picture of me and my Grandpa was from when we finished the wall. But...the wall placard says 1980 and the shirt I have on says 1983. So, just one more thing from my youth that I don't remember accurately.
The other thing that amazes me right now is that I am just a few years younger now than my Grandpa was in that picture. That...that right there is not computing very well.
Incredible memories!
Wilbur Wolf III Amy Tuckwiller Wolf Wilbur Craig Wolf Rachel Bulow Rebecca Escott
