Harford Legacy Farm Commemorative Book

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West Wind Farm est. 1870 - Fallston, MD Current Owners: Margaret, Thomas, William, Jeffrey, and George Bachman Original Purchaser: William B. Hitchcock Current Acreage: 79 Current Agricultural Products or Services: corn, soybeans, hay, sunflowers, and hops Preserved

Since our Grandmother and her sister were born around 1910 the farm has been in the main location for almost all holiday and family celebrations. Our great-great-grandfather donated the land for the Providence Methodist Church and Cemetery out of the farm parcel. Wildfell est. 1874 - Darlington, MD

Current Owners: Bonnie Payne and Matthew Payne Original Purchaser: George Littig and Mary Hopkins Scott Current Acreage: 94.54 Current Agricultural Products or Services: corn and soybeans Preserved and Historical Designation Wildfell is a historic home in Darlington. It is a two story, octagonal house of stacked plank construction, featuring an 8-sided roof topped by an octagonal "captains walk," flanked by two brick chimneys. The house has a simplified Federal style. It was built about 1854 and served as a summer home for the Jewett family until 1874. (Maryland Historical Trust) Top: Leona Scott, driving the tractor, the Scott nephews, and others are helping to put up the hay - About 1955-56. Bottom: Wildfell with the first Scott family to own Wildfell - Pictured are George and Mary Scott, their children, her parents, and their sister - 1877.