Monthly Archives: April 2010 Sometimes you are driving through random farm roads looking for something interesting and you stumble on an unexpected scene like this. This is a farm on the corner of California Road and Hammerdown Road in Caernarvon, a remote section of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. The farmer obviously has a sense of history and this fifteen foot...  This is an old barn from my travels through Union County back on 4-2-2010. According to the GPS in my car, the small town was called New Columbia. Hopefully by now, the farmer has planted some of his crops and is getting ready for another season of prosperous farming in North Central Pennsylvania. You can...  The Male Osprey arrives back at the nest with building materials to help patch the nest and line it in preparation for his mate to lay her eggs for the season. Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ on Saturday 4-10-2010. I haven’t had much luck with the weather and my days off...  I’ve been meaning to get to this particular mill for a while now and with today’s rain and fog, it seemed like as good as time as any. This mill was built somewhere between 1800 and 1830. It is located in Fawn Township near the intersection of Garvine Mill Road and PA route 425 (aka...  The Pine Grove Covered Bridge was built in 1884 by master bridge builder Elias McMellen. It spans the Octararo Creek 200 feet between Chester and Lancaster Counties just west of the town of Oxford. It utilizes a double span Burr arch in its construction. It is the only double span covered bridge still in use...  While researching one room schoolhouses in Pennsylvania the other night, I came across a great example a mere four miles from where I live. Kutztown University hosts a permanent Pennsylvania German Cultural Center which includes examples of a German Bank Barn, Farm House, Cabins and this one room brick schoolhouse built around 1890. For a... |
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