Trying to Hold On

Scot Strazzante

The Herald News

Harlow Cagwin has known only one home, a 118-acre cattle farm 45 miles southwest of Chicago. Now as the farmer enters his 79th year, eroding health has caused this hard-working man to question if he can fulfill his dream to “farm ‘til the day that I die.” While finishing up baling hay, 78-year-old cattle farmer, Harlow Cagwin, has his hat placed on his head by wife Jean. The Homer Township resident has spent his entire life working his 118-acre plat of land northeast of Joliet.

Scot Strazzante, "Trying to Hold On," in POYi Archive, Item #30942, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/30942 (accessed June 24, 2025).