Well I finally found it, the abandoned homestead in the county forest. I remember the first time I heard of it. My friend had mentioned that one of the roads near his parent's home used to go all the way across the stream and to the next road. I had taken my three wheeler a few times down that way and I did find the remains of a washed out bridge. Over the course of the next few years I searched a little bit here and there and never found a trace of any sort of old homestead. Finally I went into the county surveyor's office and got an old aerial photo of the area as it was in 1939. Now I had something to go on. My friend and I found the old line of pine trees, surprisingly it was easy to find once we got our bearings. There wasn't much left, just an old foundation and some old tin cans. My friend's dad claimed that when he went there in the 1970s there was an old barn and silo still standing. We didn't find anything that awesome but our search is just beginning. I am hoping to find a few more abandoned homesteads before the summer is out.
Well I finally found it, the abandoned homestead in the county forest. I remember the first time I heard of it. My friend had mentioned that one of the roads near his parent's home used to go all the way across the stream and to the next road. I had taken my three wheeler a few times down that way and I did find the remains of a washed out bridge. Over the course of the next few years I searched a little bit here and there and never found a trace of any sort of old homestead. Finally I went into the county surveyor's office and got an old aerial photo of the area as it was in 1939. Now I had something to go on. My friend and I found the old line of pine trees, surprisingly it was easy to find once we got our bearings. There wasn't much left, just an old foundation and some old tin cans. My friend's dad claimed that when he went there in the 1970s there was an old barn and silo still standing. We didn't find anything that awesome but our search is just beginning. I am hoping to find a few more abandoned homesteads before the summer is out.
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