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Purchased in 1845 at 52 acres, the farm expanded to 2500 acres reaching to Corporate Woods. Known as Middlebrook State Premium Farm Peach Orchard, in 1851 it was awarded the best farm in New York State. The property still maintains wooded areas of Eastern Hemlock, Red Maple, Elm and American Beech trees.
In 1943, it became the home for Acme Feed and Hatchery, known as Acme Farm Supply in 1965. [2] The farm supply store, which sold "straw, feed, wire, tools" and more products needed on a farm, was owned by Currey L. Turner, a businessman from Nashville. [1] [2] His pet calf, Beautena, appeared during commercials at the Grand Ole Opry. [2]
The property was established as a 6,955-acre land grant by John Davis, a surveyor from North Carolina, in the 1790s. [3] [4] Davis built a red brick farmhouse. [4]It was subsequently inherited by his daughter Fannie and his son-in-law, Morris Harding, in 1816. [4]
Franklin Mars and his second wife, Ethel V. Mars, purchased the 2,800-acre (11 km 2) property in 1930, shortly after establishing a southern office of Mars Candies in Nashville. Architect James F. Drake was hired to design the Tudor Revival manor house and farm facilities for breeding Thoroughbred horses and Hereford cattle. Construction peaked ...
Four-day weekends from home are over: Fridays are increasingly just another office day, data shows. Orianna Rosa Royle. February 22, 2024 at 3:51 AM. shironosov—Getty Images.
Nicole Kidman almost traded in her Hollywood career for life as a full-time mom. The actress gave birth to her daughter, Sunday, in 2008.
McLeod Farmstead, also known as Rest Park Tract and Seabrook Farms, is a historic farmstead and national historic district located at Seabrook, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing building and 2 contributing structures, and is representative of the truck farming economy that spread through the region ...
Fisk University gymnast Alyssa Wiggins, left, celebrates after finishing her routine on the uneven bars during the Tennessee Collegiate Classic meet in Lebanon, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.