Historic resource study: Slateford Farm
Brown SA. 1985. Historic resource study: Slateford Farm. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
This study focuses on the history of Slateford Farm located south of Blue Mountain below the Delaware Water Gap. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was authorized by Congress for inclusion in the National Park System by P.L. 89-158 on September 1, 1965. Slateford Farm is one mile below the senic Delaware Water Gap, considered in the last century to be a natural wonder, and south of Kittatinny Mountain (Blue Mountain). The tract containing the core farm totals 169.38 acres and was purchased in 1966. This study focuses on the history of a piece of property located south of Blue Mountain below the Delaware Water Gap. Slateford Farm began as a 391-1/4- acre tract, sold by the sons of William Penn after it was taken from the local Delaware Indians, and evolved into a 169.38- acre tract sold to the U.S. Army Core of Engineers more than 200 years later. This study includes information concerning the farm’s various owners, a history of Northampton County and Upper Mount Bethel Township as it pertains to the farm, and a discussion of German farming techniques and buildings characteristics as exemplified by Northampton County German settlers. Also included is the scant data available on quarrying near Slateford, Pennsylvania, and a brief section of slate quarrying techniques in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brown, Sharon
- Date of Issue
- 1985-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- DEWA , HIST
- Keywords
- Agriculture, American Indian, Cultural Resources, Delaware Water Gap, ehistory, Geology, History, Inventory (Baseline), Natural Resource Management, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Research Report, Slateford Farm