Slate Run Living Historical Farm A Family Visit

It has been over 20 years since Nancy and I took our Granddaughter Holly, and her other Grandparents Ruth and Jack.  The place has not changed so it has brought back a lot of great memories from back in the day.   Manual Labor from Skilled Volunteers keep this farm in order and the Volunteers work the farm during the day and go home to their own place at night.  The historic farm looks and feels like the 1880's.  Thanks for visiting the blog and hope you enjoy the pictures of the walking tour.  Our next blog will be the Slate Run Five Oaks Trail walk.   Great place for people and dogs alike.


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Land was sold in 1964 , by the White Family, to the Slate
Run Metro Park

1981  The year the park was open to the public

Sheep in the Apple Orchard 

Field at the entrance.  See the barn through the trees?

Just farm stuff hanging in the barn.  Like most farmers
you hang on to what you have, as you never know
when you will need it again.  

Nancy talking to a volunteer at the Barn entrance

More farm stuff, but not sure what it is. Do You?

Blue Bird Houses are staged throughout the park

Just a pile of bones found on the farm.  Interesting!

These kittens were dropped off at the farm by unknown
people.  Just like the ole days. Hopefully some
visitor will adopt.

Homemade Checkers.  Sorry for the off focus.

Farm Roosters in the pen

Toys from yesteryear staged in the arbor

Children's Marble game in the Arbor.  Marble in at the
top and falls to the bottom.  

Farm made Bowling Pins for the kids.

Hand crafted Bowling Game for the farm kids

Farm Cows taking it easy in their stall

Same Cows Different View

Homemade Dolls for the Girls. Located in the Parlor

Good ole Dominoes 

Ducks and the water. What a life

Fall Colors starting to come in

Whole Tree is getting ready for winter

In a few weeks everything will be bright in fall colors

Hens doing their thing.  Lots of chickens on the farm

Just gathering food 

 Clothes dried outside always smell better. Much better than Bounce

The Farm Creek. Seems every farm has one

Ducks enjoying their life

Pasture Fence.  With this construction animals inside the fence
will not harm themselves if they break the fence. Notice the
boards are constructed to break outward.

Farm Garden.  Not sure this would be fun to grow but would
be great tasting if you put them on the table

Neat gate. Notice a human can go through but the
pasture is always secure as the gate only goes
so far

The Ole Farm House

Chicken Coop

Nancy looking at the outside dining area.  NowaDays they
call this patio eating

Volunteer Staff on their lunch hour

The Farm Swing.  

Farm Volunteer.  The volunteers wear the clothes
of the time

Fireplace and Marble Game.

Some people might call this a weed, but whatever it is
it adds a lot of color to your visit

Arbor located just outside the Farm House door

Farm Outbuilding where many old farm implements are garaged

Lonely Chicken  Got out of the coop

This is a very gentle horse and very very big.  Nancy
enjoyed petting this beautiful animal

This is a working farm and this is an example
of 1 Horsepower to do work

Put this horse with the other, harness to a ole implement, and
they are ready to go do whatever needs to be done

After Work it is feed and nap time. All these animals
came be petted, talked to and just otherwise enjoy their company

Ole Farm Implements in the out building

A Team of Horses will pull this Disc, but can you imagine
riding on this thing

Another out building for farm use

This ironing board looks much like the ones today.
The cover sheet is home made by a volunteer on the farm

The kitchen. Now we know what they were having for lunch

Kitchen Table.  The canned food is made on the premises

The Kids Marble Game.  Looks much better than the
plastic ones they sell now

Nancy trying out the pasture gate

Nancy looking through the ole viewer.  

Nancy holding the inside horse shoe game.  A circle of
rope that you try and throw on a pin

Nancy relaxing on the path into the farm

Sign indicating the Nature Trail outside the main entrance

The Parlor Book Case.  

The Parlor Mantel 

The Parlor Piano.  This room really looked nice 

Part of a Nature Trail

The Rains came while we were visiting.  Free Bath

Not sure what you call this toy.  Do You?

A Rooster in the yard

Seed Corn. The farmers hang the corn in the barn
to dry out. Then it is planted in the spring

Ole Sewing Machine.  

Sheep in the Orchard

Sign to the Farm.

Corn on the way into the farm

Sign as you enter the farm

Historical Farm Operation information

The Farm has a very nice Picnic area

Old Sled in the outbuilding

Smoke House Fire and Smoke Containers

The results of the smokin

Sheet Music on the Piano

Sauerkraut being made in the Spring House

Spring House Shelves. All the food made at the farm the
ole fashion way.  People 

Spring House info on Sauerkraut

Spring House Outside View

Stilts for the Kids and Adults.  I used to have something
very similar. Did You?

Stilts for the farm visitors

Storm Clouds coming in. 

A nice farm to bring your family

Babies like to visit the farm to

Volunteer visiting with guests.

No farm is complete without a few wagons. Have to
haul stuff all the time

Another wagon built for work on the farm

There were several of these hand washing stations throughout
the farm. Pet the animals and wash your hands.  

The Farm Well Pump. Wonder if you have to prime this one.
Sometimes that was the hardest job of all.  

The Barn and Windmill.

Thanks for viewing our blog and we hope you
have a great week

Rick, Nancy, Bandit and Belle.