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Model Farm Aided North Carolina Postwar Development
Post Civil War Guilford County faced ruin but Quakers organized aid led by Francis T. King and Allen Jay. Baltimore Association established The Model Farm on Springfield edge to teach soil recovery, stock breeding, and self sufficiency with farms, mills, and clubs, aiding 1500 agricultural members and thousands of visitors while saving NC families from westward emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Paige
Guilford County
Addison Coffin
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas
Greensboro
Norfolk
Baltimore
Courtland St
North Carolina
Johnston
Sherman
Lincoln
Baltimore Association
Friends of the
Southern States
Joseph Moore
Model Farm
At City Limits
S. Ma St
Springfield Ave
Springeld
Springfield
Nathan Hunt
Pu Gh Point
William A. Sampson
Maine
Francis King
Samuel Bewley
Ireland
West
Baltimore Association of Friends
Friends Ore
Francis T. King
Alien Jay
Museum of Domestic Arts