When Grandpa and Grandma Morehouse retired from farming, they fixed up a nice little house down the road and set up a neat little farmstead. They had some beef cattle, a nice barn, wood shop, and the home was warm and welcoming. The pictures above were taken on September 28, 1968.
I helped Grandpa and Grandma plant the tall hybrid poplars surrounding the farmstead seen in this picture. Also the pine trees at the very top of the hill, where we ate a picnic lunch that Grandma had prepared when we finished planting the pine trees.
Today, the property is owned by an absentee landowner, the house is vacant and has been stripped, preparing for demolition. The barn and tool shed have fallen down, and the trailer that Hi Walker used for years as a hunting camp has been scrapped for recycling, along with the old bus that had been used as a hunting camp. It’s certainly a sad transition. The present owner, Troy Retherford told me he wanted to subdivide the acreage and sell it off in 5 to 10 acre lots. More recently, he indicated he has received offers but is not yet ready to sell the property.
When Grandpa and Grandma Morehouse retired from farming, they fixed up a nice little house down the road and set up a neat little farmstead. They had some beef cattle, a nice barn, wood shop, and the home was warm and welcoming. The pictures above were taken on September 28, 1968.
I helped Grandpa and Grandma plant the tall hybrid poplars surrounding the farmstead seen in this picture. Also the pine trees at the very top of the hill, where we ate a picnic lunch that Grandma had prepared when we finished planting the pine trees.
Today, the property is owned by an absentee landowner, the house is vacant and has been stripped, preparing for demolition. The barn and tool shed have fallen down, and the trailer that Hi Walker used for years as a hunting camp has been scrapped for recycling, along with the old bus that had been used as a hunting camp. It’s certainly a sad transition. The present owner, Troy Retherford told me he wanted to subdivide the acreage and sell it off in 5 to 10 acre lots. More recently, he indicated he has received offers but is not yet ready to sell the property.
3 comments:
Grandpa and Grandma used to call it their "Castle". It's very sad to see something that they had so much pride in fall to ruin.
Don and I took Mom and Dad to the cabin for a picnic on Monday. We drove by and indeed it is a sad sight. If Grandma were alive she would remind me how I was never going to visit her at their "Castle" but I did go often and they enjoyed fixing it up just the way they wanted it. It was a great home for them.
Bev
Some of my fondest childhood memories are wrapped up in the long summer days spent on that little farm. There are so many clear vignettes in my head, I may have to make it a post of my own.
At the top of the list though are these two:
1. Building little boats in grampa's basement workshop and testing them in the creek.
2. Sitting on the front porch with Grandma snapping string beans for hours on a breazy sunny summer day.
For me, this was their only house. (I think they moved the year I was born). I have to say that this is the most depressing post you've submitted.
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