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Historic Sites
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Shadelands Ranch Museum Walnut Creek, California |
The House provides a rich archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history in its exhib |
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Skyline Farm North Yarmouth, Maine |
A group of preservation minded residents are aggressively pursuing a $1.2 million fundr |
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Timberlane Farm Museum Loveland, Colorado |
Timberlane Farm is a working farm museum intending to preserve the 1860 to 1940 life st |
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Trimborn Farm Greendale, Wisconsin |
Delve into Victorian-era industry, reminisce about 19th century farm life, and witness |
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Updike Farmstead Princeton, New Jersey |
In 2004, the Historical Society of Princeton acquired the historic Updike Farmstead in |
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Wessels Living History Farm York, Nebraska |
The Wessels farm |
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William Miller Home And Farm Whitehall, New York |
After a period of religious doubt and time spent as a lieutenant and captain during the |
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Wyckoff House Brooklyn, New York |
Its history exemplifies the diversity of Brooklyn’s colonial farms, where Dutch-America |
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