tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45850586974626767142024-03-19T04:14:00.393-07:00Council Grove, KansasNatalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-15091335583440130832010-01-08T16:24:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:34:18.544-08:00Scenes Around Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Library is on the National Register of Historic Places #87000963.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrew Carnegie donated money for over 2,500 libraries between 1883 and 1929.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the glass roof over the front door!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Council Grove is a Mayberry kind of town.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These colorful plastic chairs were hanging on the local hardware store wall.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently the laundry mat bought two.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was pretending to twirl a parasol but Chuck said it looked more like I was playing the bagpipes. <br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-83253818970102625042009-12-10T15:26:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:42:18.428-08:00Schoolhouse & Wild Flowers<div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Indians mixed dried ground petals with cornmeal to use as yellow face powder during ceremonial dances.<br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-82550703346550826842009-12-09T17:18:00.000-08:002010-01-08T16:58:01.464-08:00Neosho Riverwalk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Riverwalk starts at the Madonna of the Trail Statue and follows the River to the Kaw Mission. <br />
</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-82382575724309089432009-12-09T16:19:00.000-08:002010-01-08T17:02:53.382-08:00Last Chance Store<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just our luck, last chance and they are closed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a fear of looking in empty buildings.<br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-88070558837861911622009-11-17T15:30:00.000-08:002009-11-17T18:55:05.593-08:00Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve & Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve is located 16 miles south of Council Grove.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Preserve includes the former home of Cattleman Stephen F. Jones which he named the "Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch". <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The porch provides a panoramic view of the Flint HIlls.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The eleven room home was built with hand-cut limestone.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Built in 1881, the house is characteristic of the Second Empire Style of 19th century architecture. Second Empire Arcitecture was modeled after the opulent architecture of Paris during the reign of Napoleon III and was popular in the United States from about 1855-1885. It is a style of Victorian architecture which preceeded the Queen Anne era of painted ladies.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I loved this detail on the front columns.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The front doors are massive. They are deceptive because they are made of pine painted to resemble a more expensive wood.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Natural Springs are found on the hillside behind the house. A cistern was built to collect the water which was then piped under ground and down the hill to the house. A ice house was also constructed to store ice for summer use.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The "Necessary House" or what we might call the "Outhouse". This outhouse even had windows with curtains, which was highly unusual.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The fireplaces also use trompe l'oeil painting (fool the eye). The limestone is painted to resemble marble. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The real star of the Preserve is the Prairie itself, nestled among the gently rolling Flint Hills. <br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-80351869942597452162009-11-17T14:12:00.003-08:002009-11-17T19:26:27.354-08:00Hermit's Cave of Giovanni Maria Augustini<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For a brief time, an Italian hermit priest named Giovanni Maria Augustini lived in this small cave in 1863. Prior to this cave, the hermit had resided in a hollow tree in Westport, Missouri. <br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-46311309225901966582009-11-17T14:11:00.001-08:002009-11-17T19:51:07.915-08:00Old Bell Monument<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This bell was brought to Council Grove in 1863 and placed near this location in 1866, atop a hill on a wooden tower, to serve as an Indian Raid Alarm. The bell remained for over twenty years as a school and church bell. It is unclear if it was ever used to warn the citizen's of potential attacks. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Seth Hays built this house in 1867. The house is the third house he built and is unique because it is made of brick. Most houses in Council Grove were built of native limestone or wood during this time period. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Mr. Hays was the great-grandson of Daniel Boone and a cousin of Kit Carson. Apparently, Mr. Hays was a southern sympathizer. He owned at least one slave, "Aunt Sallie". He never married but did adopt one daughter the year the house was built. He died when his adopted daughter was just eleven years old and she was raised by family friends. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Side of home with cellar door leading to basement. I thought it was unique because of the window.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We didn't get to tour the inside of the house. While I took pictures, Chuck entertained himself...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">...by checking out a construction project next door. <br />
</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-74526327716297700062009-11-17T12:48:00.000-08:002009-11-17T19:53:21.352-08:00The Hays House 1857<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Hays House was built in 1857 by Seth Hays, the area's first settler.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This building orginally housed WW II personnel. The grounds surrounding the Terwilliger Home also include a 1902 one room schoolhouse, a 1858 log house and tourist cabins from the 1930's, forerunners of today's motels.<br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-11301863902645487152009-10-25T09:00:00.001-07:002009-11-17T11:32:39.164-08:00Council Oak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAuIIGjmpOsrE4VCXVTxdBoTsJGGxHutjb1HKapncMMN0mSeOZWFd3LtffcfQ0ZhCFnFDIhC3TqSIjNI0VdhsUjVpujm8-7clp3EvmfKnGLt5Qg0jZSrnD_MBJv6IQGw4MFjXrqOdPKeG/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAuIIGjmpOsrE4VCXVTxdBoTsJGGxHutjb1HKapncMMN0mSeOZWFd3LtffcfQ0ZhCFnFDIhC3TqSIjNI0VdhsUjVpujm8-7clp3EvmfKnGLt5Qg0jZSrnD_MBJv6IQGw4MFjXrqOdPKeG/s640/Council+Grove+Trip+355.jpg" vr="true" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">According to a Council Grove brochure I picked up in town, a council was held under this tree on August 10, 1825. The council was attended by three U.S. Commissioners and the Osage Indians who signed a treaty resulting in free passage along the Santa Fe Trail through Osage territory in return for $800.00.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Once, this tree was part of a grove of trees that provided shade, shelter and wood for wagon repairs on the Santa Fe Trail. The tree blew down in 1958, when the tree was approximately 70 feet tall and measured 16 feet around. Today, you can still visit the stump which also has it's own roof and a fence to keep out vandals and souvenir seekers.<br />
</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-51663322709608084582009-10-25T08:50:00.000-07:002009-11-16T17:30:26.604-08:00Custer Elm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The elm measured over 100 feet tall and 16 feet around...<br />
</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-77723711035892634582009-10-25T08:22:00.000-07:002009-11-17T11:39:44.420-08:00The Cottage House Hotel and Bed & Breakfast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNYoipDWdvw24UaH4xY2wszYDEsDahQJpxG3SdGIGDodBBHsrstr-jZbqrouRbEBB-EiawKa2Smam0lB8vyuf4_dJsvE13Wvnjc78b29nhXnUPWJNxamGDJl7IbiO4TqeWBgjrL5LeeUv/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNYoipDWdvw24UaH4xY2wszYDEsDahQJpxG3SdGIGDodBBHsrstr-jZbqrouRbEBB-EiawKa2Smam0lB8vyuf4_dJsvE13Wvnjc78b29nhXnUPWJNxamGDJl7IbiO4TqeWBgjrL5LeeUv/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+114.jpg" vr="true" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just liked this pictuer of a striped chair and stained glass window.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A final view of the double gliders. The Neosho River flows just beyond the dyke in the distance. <br />
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</div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585058697462676714.post-68663319854194817122009-09-06T19:57:00.000-07:002009-09-06T20:56:10.384-07:00Big John Limestone Bank Barn<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Big John Limestone Barn is located approximately one mile East of Council Grove, Kansas. The barn was built by Seth Hays in 1871. The farm was known as "Big John Farm" at the time it was purchased by Hays. Big John Creek runs through the property. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyAEcDA_v8eAex7j9-PHn2XvspQreb9gvTdnQyQkNIJWJ107UN_DyOepdM0F6Nnqf_BZW7qlRRYmEMcZziC5kIZiDBjw0dIlVTrWZoMvE46bIUDRbTOsxmr6WysLfbFadEQA5pD0C3pCR/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyAEcDA_v8eAex7j9-PHn2XvspQreb9gvTdnQyQkNIJWJ107UN_DyOepdM0F6Nnqf_BZW7qlRRYmEMcZziC5kIZiDBjw0dIlVTrWZoMvE46bIUDRbTOsxmr6WysLfbFadEQA5pD0C3pCR/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+007.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Chuck peers inside the Big John Limestone Bank Barn. Bank barns are commonly associated with Amish farms in Pennsylvania.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPlhdYjxeKnBo3fKYQGbJSRa8ggvcfk3GbBxna5vLwh9gsptiIiAOx8rCVJLlfbLoiq5L7oqacmjkNTQ1CGMcQv9qaOyjPRUJkF-56wBV5M-yeqV0nAK28fRYkf6vC9DFEdubZ1QLYTTE/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPlhdYjxeKnBo3fKYQGbJSRa8ggvcfk3GbBxna5vLwh9gsptiIiAOx8rCVJLlfbLoiq5L7oqacmjkNTQ1CGMcQv9qaOyjPRUJkF-56wBV5M-yeqV0nAK28fRYkf6vC9DFEdubZ1QLYTTE/s320/Council+Grove+Trip+005.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A bank barn is a style of barn noted for its accessibility, at ground level, on two seperate levels. These barns are often built into the side of a hill, or "bank". On this barn, there is a ground level entrace to the second story on the North side (not pictured). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEzCTb7FMohuJ7PRYtNNKTotMZ5Oh7Z5PMPbsHtrKaP5pez35pE_LdFuOTsdJULuasX9s2GCWVAxNXd4HmT6PEtO_h4WNG2GMJH6OKbRfuIgsfS87T10XZz424ERR-X_mqnfpZsioYfmk/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEzCTb7FMohuJ7PRYtNNKTotMZ5Oh7Z5PMPbsHtrKaP5pez35pE_LdFuOTsdJULuasX9s2GCWVAxNXd4HmT6PEtO_h4WNG2GMJH6OKbRfuIgsfS87T10XZz424ERR-X_mqnfpZsioYfmk/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+006.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The barn is 40' x 76' with a 40' tall peak. The native limestone walls are two feet thick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2YTob-D6GZVY-GKX47uTcCXzl3GOrJulchgMFQjsDlmLQE_VAdGAz5YEwKXGiCQCYh8tXnClKN1RDOgrj38apuVZG_PgUsNPmeynvpFWfitDI-f_1mgZ3o-NAHD8UiGfXY6Yx3FAU_dc/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2YTob-D6GZVY-GKX47uTcCXzl3GOrJulchgMFQjsDlmLQE_VAdGAz5YEwKXGiCQCYh8tXnClKN1RDOgrj38apuVZG_PgUsNPmeynvpFWfitDI-f_1mgZ3o-NAHD8UiGfXY6Yx3FAU_dc/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+009.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The barn is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0GgDL6vX3solS_7X1yQQJ5ujl47Z-GOY2OQ_jdYxKY36Mnh6VuQVHbpbZrX8YW9wk_O_-d37rp5i7pnYs6fnAOr1wiybv6GUNqUyrLaLTmE9UX4vi69WQUR4gYqIZ5QMLDszBkCOn6FJ/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0GgDL6vX3solS_7X1yQQJ5ujl47Z-GOY2OQ_jdYxKY36Mnh6VuQVHbpbZrX8YW9wk_O_-d37rp5i7pnYs6fnAOr1wiybv6GUNqUyrLaLTmE9UX4vi69WQUR4gYqIZ5QMLDszBkCOn6FJ/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+008.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The barn is the only remaining building of the "Morris County Poorfarm" which existed on the site from 1889-1945.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrob3LKkVxqCzoq5H-f4dswViWsBF78PoyRqHyBedv1dRRQBrC9Uz0wpLAgssEZ1kDYfvn3KoKSXnxgF-X80hb8hSjZgrjJHNGb_GLonZzKC8zZjI3_ven-kWTkkg-U__DgLDQ1Aba-Sp/s1600-h/Council+Grove+Trip+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrob3LKkVxqCzoq5H-f4dswViWsBF78PoyRqHyBedv1dRRQBrC9Uz0wpLAgssEZ1kDYfvn3KoKSXnxgF-X80hb8hSjZgrjJHNGb_GLonZzKC8zZjI3_ven-kWTkkg-U__DgLDQ1Aba-Sp/s400/Council+Grove+Trip+010.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Back of the Barn.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Natalie Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788008220871928711noreply@blogger.com0