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The patch with volunteer pumpkins that hid the "Pumpkin Papers" is no longer a strawberry patch. [4] [5] A fire destroyed the barn and damaged a shed that stood on the property in Chambers' time. [6] The second tract, the Pipe Creek Farm, comprises about 230 acres (93 ha). It was purchased in 1946 by Chambers and remains in the family.
The name 'Pumpkin Papers" arose from four or five rolls of camera film hidden in a pumpkin at the Whittaker Chambers Farm in December 1948. The Pumpkin Papers are a set of typewritten and handwritten documents, stolen from the US federal government (thus information leaks) by members of the Ware Group and other Soviet spy networks in Washington, DC, during 1937–1938, withheld by courier ...
On December 2, Chambers led HUAC investigators to a pumpkin patch on his Maryland farm; from a hollowed-out pumpkin in which he had hidden them the previous day, he produced five rolls of 35 mm film that he said came from Hiss in 1938, as well. While some of the film was undeveloped and some contained images of trivial content such as publicly ...
Thornton is a historic family farm located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, United States. The farm is located on a 352-acre (142 ha) plot on Morgan's Creek, a tributary of the Chester River. The main house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay brick house, constructed about 1788, and principally Georgian in style.
Clark's Elioak Farm is a historic farm and petting zoo located along Maryland Route 108 in Howard County, Maryland, covering 540 acres. All of the acreage is part of county or state farmland protection programs, barring use of the property for non-farm development.
In addition to making its signature apple cider and doughnuts on-site, the Louisburg Cider Mill has over 50 acres of activities on its family farm, including its pumpkin patch and a 10-acre corn ...
Pages in category "Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Contemporary hayrides are often organized commercially, providing an additional source of income for farms or existing on their own as an enfranchised activity during the fall season. [2] During fall, a hayride may feature a stop at a pumpkin patch where passengers can pick a pumpkin or be dropped off to pick apples.