Old Springfield Centered Thai Started Program Nostalgia in Reconstruction Era
In the late 1800s a Baltimore backed relief effort aided North Carolina after the Civil War. The Baltimore Association assisted Southern States by funding farming education schoolhouses and teacher training. Springfield Community Center hosted activities and postwar recovery.
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Old Springfield
John 4. Blam
Philadelphia
North Carolina
Aero Quaker Neighborh
Springfield
Theousehold
Model Farm Influence Spurred Agricultural Progress in North Carolina
John J. Blair describes the Baltimore Friends Society effort to establish a model farm near the old spring, showcasing William A. Sampson's scientific methods and new equipment. The project drew over 1,000 visitors statewide, aided emigration decline, and prompted extensive relief spending by Friends institutions totaling about 138,300 dollars. A bronze tablet at Springfield Friends church memorializes King, Moore, and Gow for their roles in this relief and educational advance.
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William A. Sampson
Maine
North Carolina
Walter A. Woods
Society of Friends
Baltimore Association
Friends Schools
Guilford College
Greater Normal Schools
Agricultural Colleges
Friends Church
Model Farm and Baltimore Link Spur High Point Growth
Frances T King surveyed postwar aid to relocate families westward and favored new beginnings near High Point with a 200 acre tract known as the Model Farm. Land passed through multiple owners as Petty Hammonds built depots and farms, aided by Baltimore donors and the Clodfelter family. The farm stocked with Alderney and Jersey cattle, Berkshire and Poland China hogs, and Southdown sheep, emphasized soil-building with clover and cover crops. In 1869 King praised rapid progress and a robust agricultural community, including 17 clubs with 1500 members and a self supplying department. The superintendent noted 10 000 acres cultivated with clover by 1871.
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Clodfelter
High Point
Josiah Nixon
Nathan Hunt
Baltimore Aassociation
Duncan White
John Tate
Henry Kearnson
Frances T. King
Petty-Hammond Lumber Company
Bush Hill
Baltimore
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Aed
Eis
Ray
Bie
Chad
Mr. Blair
John J. Blair
Field Monthly Meeting
Joseph Moore
Jay
Gow
Model Farm
Frances Ting
Wellworth
Hi Point
Randolph
Springfield Church
Piedmont
Rabinowitz’s
Star Brand
LEE Union
East Washington Street
SEARS
Silvertone
Money Savers
Strongwell
Fulton
AXE
Mae Equs Verions
Diana
Seroco
Roco, Ter Mixed
Sears, Roebuck and CO
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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