From the book "Around Chillicothe, Illinois" by the Chillicothe Historical Society, comes this picture of a family with an amazing number of fish from the Illinois River at Rome (just south of Chillicothe and where I spent my childhood). Looks as if they may have been caught on hook and line judging from the four poles in the picture. The photo is labeled an hour's catch on Aug. 10, 1907, and the photo is courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. Baker. It was 31 years later that we moved to Rome. My father was an avid hunter and fisherman as posted earlier in my blog. Hope these folks had a great fishfry and invited lots of folks to enjoy their catch of the day!
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