Slyder Farm: Cultural Landscape Management Plan, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service
Moore SR. 1973. Slyder Farm: Cultural Landscape Management Plan, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Management Plans. NPS Northeast Regional Office. Northeast Regional Office
The Biology of an 1860 Farm: With Special Reference to the Restoration of the Slyder Farm in Gettysburg, PA. The objectives of this paper are to determine the farm practices of the 1860’s and relate them to the construction of a living, historical farm project at the Gettysburg National Military Park. This project includes the reconstruction of the Slyder Farm to the period of the Civil War. In the near future, it is planned that a family will reside on this farm and reproduce the farm life by actually working the farm. The Slyder farm includes seventy-one acres of land, a small barn, a house, a chicken coop, a hog pen, and a summer kitchen. The farm is located two miles south of Gettysburg on Business Route 15. Presently the Park Service is collecting the antique farm implements and restoring them to workable condition. They are also interviewing prospective farmers with the intention of starting the farm within a year. Hopefully, this paper will give the prospective farmers a guideline for the establishment of this historic site. The historic significance of this project should not be underestimated. This project serves several important functions. The first one is quite obvious: the preservation of an environment that has long since disappeared. With this as a basis, the comparison of the good and bad values of advancement can be made. This is especially important in our technological age which considers any, and all, steps forward for the better. It is for this reason alone that the comparison is a useful tool in evaluating where we are and where we want to go in terms of many issues such as morality, pollution, the family unit, etc. Another important function one must consider is the personal or sentimental attachment or identification with the old way. It is quite obvious that this can prove to be an invaluable tool for education both young and old alike.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Moore, Stephen
- Date of Issue
- 1973-05-25
- Publisher
- NPS Northeast Regional Office
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Barn, Chicken Coop, Livestock, Living Farm, Orchard, Summer Kitchen, The Civil War