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From: "Jane Bliss" <>
Subject: [ARFAULKN] Casharago
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:47:40 -0600


The Log Cabin/Yesterday/1926
Two mattresses stuffed with wool, which grew on sheep raised in Milan, Italy, more than a century ago were still in use in the home of M. L. Cate, a farmer living near Republican. The mattresses were handed down from one generation to the next for nearly a century in Italy. The mattresses were brought to this country in 1855 by Gilbert Casharag. Mr. Casharago settled in a little village in what is now Republican. In the center of his village was one of the finest springs in the county. The springs were on land owned by Mr. Cascara and were named Cash Spring, an abbreviation of his name. Mr. Cate's wife was a daughter of Mr. Casharago. She said when the family made the voyage from Italy to America it took them 13 months. Mr. Cate is a lifelong and respected resident of Faulkner County. At 90 years of age he is still actively engaged in farming.
Mrs. Cate is Louisa (Lou) Casharago and the M. L. Cate is Marshall LaFayette Cate


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