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By DEANNA MILES Staff Reporter
University Daily Kansan, December 8, 1981 Page
"The Christmas tree farm and gift store was a dream she had for her whole life."
Nested among the rolling hills west of Eudora, amid giant oak trees and sparkling ponds, lies a tranquil plantation where ducks paddle aimlessly on the ponds, squirrels scraper up trees and bees, hickory smoke wafts gently in the breeze.
But unlike an ordinary plantation,
another is beaten by sea. Bell and
Edgil Chang, Children of China
The 25-acre Christmas tree plantation and accompanying gift shop, which opened for the first time Nov. 1, was a dream of the Cains for many years. The plantation is dedicated to their daughter, Connie, who died last October of cancer.
Rosa Bell said. "While she was in the hospital, she still did hand work to keep the gifts going. She wanted the dream to materialize."
The Cains bought the land, one mile west of Eudora on old Highway 10, in the early 70s to build their retirement home there. They also want to keep the land as natural as possible.
"IN THE BEGINNING, when we bought it," she said, "it was virgin soil that had never been broken. The people of Eudora always regarded this as a place of meditation. They hoped so much we weren't going to turn it into housing."
In 1976, the Cains planted their first 4,000 evergreen seedlings. The farm is now covered with 16,000 trees, ranging from nine inches tall to six feet, for visitors to
When they first started, she said, they
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