The Big Rock

Tim Lyons

Description

Five generations of a family building a life in Buffalo Ney York ON TO PARTICIPATING IN THE LAND RUSH AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM GENERAL STORE TO CURRENT DAY LAND DEVELOPMENT.
Tim Lyons has a friendly style of writing. His works to date have been non fiction with a focus on real estate and volunteerism. THE BIG ROCK is a fictional account of five generations of a family that dream of heading West and actually do it. H/W Foster and Sarah with Horse Poli train from Buffalo to St. Louis where they meet up with Sarah’s cousin and her husband. This relationship gains importance as Brad convinces Forrest of the advantages of going entrepreneurial as compared to farming or ranching. Brad has numerous relationship that allow Forrest to become stage station, post office, telegraph office, train station and retailer of numerous new products like farm equipment, insulation, indoor plumbing, propane, ice and many more.
There was a range war with a murder. There was a robbery attempt by six lowlifes with all six dying at the hands of the family protecting their home. Prosperity continued to the point that they survived the “dustbowl” that ended so many other pioneers. In WW1 they lost their first son. The second and third generations mastered the industrial revolution. Their continual supply of the latest products and ideas kept them profitable through the years. They made a sweet deal to provide as much meat as they could grow to the Government for the second World War.
Post WW11 they began to develop their property for GI Bill returning soldiers who needed a new home.
The fourth generation man thought he was a hot shot developer. He was also a gambler . He was making a significant salary, commissions, fees and profits but left most of it on the tables. Then came the deal of deals that he cheated on a little bit and got caught. He lost it all and killed himself. His oldest son was a successful High end restaurateur and his youngest son Ed was thought to be a little slow. Dad pushed him into the deal to further hide his intentions. When it all settled he was the new owner of an old man’s bar with attached diner. Gene the previous owner was open to partnering up with Ed but had an unusual request. Conversationally, Gene heard the stories of the history of his family and wanted Ed to convert his Senior thesis into a book that they would co-own. Because Gene liked hearing stories more than reading, Ed agreed to tell the entire family history while working on the new menu and physical changes for the restaurant while developing a delivery business for their pizzas and pastas.
The book became the compilation of historical stories woven with the contemporary stories of a makeover.

Sujets

• Historical
• Train station
• Range War
• General store
• Land run
• Historical fiction
• Post office
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 02 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663235220
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE BIG ROCK

Tim Lyons

THE BIG ROCK Copyright © 2022 Tim Lyons. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Certain characters in this work are historical figures, and certain events portrayed did take place. However, this is a work of fiction. All of the other characters, names, and events as well as all places, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. iUniverse 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 www.iuniverse.com 844-349-9409 Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them. Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only. Certain stock imagery © Getty Images. ISBN: 978-1-6632-3521-3 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-6632-3522-0 (e) Library of Congress Control Number: 2022909500 iUniverse rev. date: 03/29/2023

CONTENTS

Chadter 1 Meeting – The InDians Chadter 2 The Ambush – Vision for Change Chadter 3 The eal, The Evaluation – The Family Patrtiarch anD Matriarch Chadter 4 New FooD Trial – The First Kiss Chadter 5 Meeting The Staff – Trying The New FooD Chadter 6 New Name, FooD anD Imdrovements – The Fair, Aunt Helen anD Poli Chadter 7 Leslie Chadter 8 The Plan – The WeDDing Chadter 9 The Honeymoon The Plumbing Chadter 10 Comduters, Caddacino Machines, Pizza Conveyers anD Micro Brews Chadter 11 Goat IslanD Flush Toilet – New Look, New Menu, New Staff Chadter 12 Coming Home – New Menu Chadter 13 Cross Training, How Much More Pi, – The Inheritance Chadter 14 Planning to Move West – inner at Henry’s Chadter 15 Ceiling MonDay – Getting EDucateD for the Prairie Chadter 16 The RenDering – The Trid to the LanD Rush Chadter 17 The LanD Rush – The Press Interview, The Shining of The Bucket Chadter 18 The Article was Amazing – Let’s Change The Plan Chadter 19 RefriDgeration, Ice, Insulation, InsiDe Plumbing – Busy as Hell Chadter 20 I Love You, Chicken Wings – Range War, Shoot Out Chadter 21 Chicken Wings, MonDay Night Football, Marketing Piece Chadter 22 ust Bowl, edression, Prodane, Teledhone, Electricity, Growth Chadter 23 Government eal, Growing The HerD, Home BuilDing – Ranching Math, How The Bucket was Born Chadter 24 Wyatt Takes Over, The Big eal Leslie Comes on BoarD, Looking to the Future About the Author