We’ve tracked our property history through the recorder’s office, but I’ve discovered that the Medina library has USDA aerial photos from the 1930’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s (they skipped the 1940’s due to the war). There is an index image that provides the photo identifier for each rectangle — so we’d take the index photo, find our number, and then pull the detail picture.
Our property in the 1930’s!
Another government auction deal – $36 for 700 or 800 pounds of aluminum tubes that we’ll make into gates. The field goal system is designed to rotate to allow the field to be used for non-football purposes … which should be perfect for swinging a gate across the driveways and farm road.
Today, we flailed most of the field. I walked around and identified the little trees we want to keep – dogwoods, cherries, apples, and of course black walnuts!
A lot of work to do, but we’re making progress cleaning up the farmhouse.
