The Englischers Laughed When the Amish Widow Drained the Pond..Then a Fortune Emerged From the Mud

The Englischers Laughed When the Amish Widow Drained the Pond..Then a Fortune Emerged From the Mud The Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, Missouri sits on the east side of the square, a three-story brick building with a copper-green dome that has watched the county's fortunes rise and fall since 1888. On the morning of August 9th, Ruth Mast sat in Harold Kincaid's Ford pickup in the parking lot off Jackson Street and looked at the building for a moment before she picked up her composition notebook from the bench seat and stepped out into the heat.

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The Feed Store Wrote Off 900 Bags of Water-Damaged Seed — She Planted Every One
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The Feed Store Wrote Off 900 Bags of Water-Damaged Seed — She Planted Every One

They Called Her Garden a Waste of Time During the War - It's Fed the Town Ever Since
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They Called Her Garden a Waste of Time During the War - It's Fed the Town Ever Since

The Hatchery Gave Her 2,000 Weak Fish — Everyone Laughed Until the Pond Came Alive
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The Hatchery Gave Her 2,000 Weak Fish — Everyone Laughed Until the Pond Came Alive

She Whispered, 'I Have No Family Left'... And the Amish Widower Said, 'My Children Need A Mother.'
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She Whispered, 'I Have No Family Left'... And the Amish Widower Said, 'My Children Need A Mother.'

She Rescued 350 Cracked Goose Eggs From the Trash—Weeks Later Her Barn Overflowed With Life
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She Rescued 350 Cracked Goose Eggs From the Trash—Weeks Later Her Barn Overflowed With Life

They Dumped 8,000 Cracked Roof Slates on a 19-Year-Old — Her Garden Paths Made $200,000
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They Dumped 8,000 Cracked Roof Slates on a 19-Year-Old — Her Garden Paths Made $200,000

Two Strangers Married an Hour After Meeting — the Preacher Bet They Would Last a Month
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Two Strangers Married an Hour After Meeting — the Preacher Bet They Would Last a Month

Kicked Out with Nothing, He Rebuilt an Old Mill — The Locked Basement Changed His Life Forever
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Kicked Out with Nothing, He Rebuilt an Old Mill — The Locked Basement Changed His Life Forever

They Left the Amish Widow to Freeze in the Blizzard—Months Later They Found Bread Still Baking
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They Left the Amish Widow to Freeze in the Blizzard—Months Later They Found Bread Still Baking

The Amish Widow Chose Old Hay Bales Over a New Pump — They Laughed Until the Pond Filled Again
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The Amish Widow Chose Old Hay Bales Over a New Pump — They Laughed Until the Pond Filled Again

"Can You Even Ride a Horse?" He Asked the City Girl — By Spring She Was Running His Whole Ranch
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"Can You Even Ride a Horse?" He Asked the City Girl — By Spring She Was Running His Whole Ranch

The Colors She Pulled From Common Weeds - Sold for More Than the Cotton Ever Did
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The Colors She Pulled From Common Weeds - Sold for More Than the Cotton Ever Did

Farmers Laughed at Her Chicken-and-Cow Idea — Then It Made Millions
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Farmers Laughed at Her Chicken-and-Cow Idea — Then It Made Millions

The Agency Sent the Wrong Woman West — She Was Exactly What His Daughter Prayed For
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The Agency Sent the Wrong Woman West — She Was Exactly What His Daughter Prayed For

Everyone Laughed When She Took In 90 Stray Barn Geese… Then the Weevils Hit the County's Grain
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Everyone Laughed When She Took In 90 Stray Barn Geese… Then the Weevils Hit the County's Grain

The Railroad Abandoned 3 Miles of Track Through Her Farm — She Bought the Right of Way
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The Railroad Abandoned 3 Miles of Track Through Her Farm — She Bought the Right of Way

They Laughed When She Buried 350 Clay Pots in Her Amish Field — Until the Drought Left Hers Green
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They Laughed When She Buried 350 Clay Pots in Her Amish Field — Until the Drought Left Hers Green

Timelapse - The Giant Brick Delivery | Truck Hauls Building Materials Across Dangerous Mud Roads
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Timelapse - The Giant Brick Delivery | Truck Hauls Building Materials Across Dangerous Mud Roads

Jon Stewart on Trump's "Meritocracy" & Desi Lydic on MAGA Moving Iran Goalposts | The Daily Show
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Jon Stewart on Trump's "Meritocracy" & Desi Lydic on MAGA Moving Iran Goalposts | The Daily Show

She Prepared Another Woman's Wedding Feast—Then the Groom Chose Her Instead
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She Prepared Another Woman's Wedding Feast—Then the Groom Chose Her Instead