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We recently discovered a branch of my husband’s family owned a farm in a nearby town back in the day. A long lost relative even showed us a picture.
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Interested in the history, I did some research to try to find its exact location.
Due to my superior sleuthing, I found it.
Problem is, I was 70 odd years too late.
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In the town’s historical society, I found this picture of it burning to the ground in 1951.
Shame, that. It looked like a lovely place.
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River's world..... 
Aw!
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So what’s there now?
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I believe they rebuilt a smaller version but I’ve yet to drive there and see.
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Looks like it was quite the homestead in its day.
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Lots of old farmhouses up this way. Families would add on to them as needed and some of them positively sprawl….
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I can’t believe I just “liked” something burning to the ground.
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Blogging is a strange thing.
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How sad!
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It is…
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That’s the right kind of build for Maine winters . . . you can milk the cows in the “far barn” without having to set foot outside in the snow.
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A lot of Maine farmhouses have attached barns. Which, while great for staying warm.. do pose a huge fire danger.
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Vermont farms too ~ that’s where I became familiar with them. And too true about the danger of fires. Just ask Mrs. O’Leary’s cow who set Chicago ablaze in 1871.
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This reminded me of the old term BARN BURNER, so, out of curiosity, I looked up how it originated. Perhaps you may be curious too:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/barn-burner
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Interesting…. I didn’t know that.
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Wow. That was a lovely place. You must go and see what is there now and share with us.
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It’s on the list.
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