Showing posts with label Barn-Raising. Show all posts
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Raising a legend - Part 2 "He had a dream"

Now that Steve had decided to acquire John Frey’s old barn, He wanted to find the perfect home for her.  There had been many inquiries, but until late June of this year, none of them seemed “just right”.

8 words in the subject line of an e-mail and a dream scratched out on a piece of notebook paper was all it took to finally find a new home.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Raising a legend, the first in a series...


The year is 1871, Mrs. O'leary's cow is busy kicking lanterns, Aaron Montgomery Ward is preparing to launch his Mail-order business, and the first practical telephone had yet to be introduced.

Meanwhile, in Chambersburg, PA, Farmer John Frey is constructing a barn to accommodate his growing farm.  It was the onset of the Gilded Age.  With the recent completion of the transcontinental railroad, many Americans were enjoying a period of great economic growth, especially the farmers.