June 24, 2008: Old Farm Maps…

  David has been digging around and he came across a couple of old maps for the farm.  One of the maps dates back to 1807 and the other map is from the mid 1880s.  There are some large swamps and ponds in the area.

This map was from 1837

Our farm should be somewhere near the 34.  That makes sense because to our east is on old lake and
swamp area.

The large lake/swamp back then to the west is clearly marked on the map.  At some point they must have
drained a lot of these areas.