I've mentioned here before the grass, farming and flowers in this area of PA. We were out a couple of days back on one of the beautiful country lanes in this area when we happened across
an old farm home with beautiful gardens. We stopped by the roadway to view the gardens . Tom, the owner, invited us to come in and view the grounds of his 19th century home. Conversation revealed that he has seven acres of gardens. He planted over 7000 new bulbs last year. My photo's can only attempt to portray the beauty of this place. Check them out!
Another stop found us at the Hershey Cemetery. We needed to pick up a couple of quick caches that turned out to be not so quick, but in the process we happened upon the grave of Milton Hershey, founder of Hershey Chocolate.
Several caches later we happened across a local car clubs' show at one of the local hang outs.
Pennsylvanians do love their cars.Today we were out again doing some more geocaching and enjoying the PA countryside. In the process we discovered Quinton, a small unincorporated Township named after Quinton Roosevelt, Son of Theodore Roosevelt. It an interesting story.
Down the road a few miles we found Cornwall Furnace, an ironworks that operated from 1742 to 1883. It's fascinating to learn the story of places like this. Most of the laborers here were indentured servants from Europe and slaves from Africa. The last record of slaves working here was around the end of the 18th century. The furnace was fired by locally made charcoal. In order to create enough heat from wood to melt the ore, a bellows powered by a water wheel on the nearby stream was used .
We also learned the origin of the term pig iron which is used to this day. This is a nice stop for anyone traveling through this area.Tomorrow is a road day. We think it's time to go back home. It's spring and the grass is calling!
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