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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Visiting history

On the road to the tobacco house on the Burroughs farm. This is the farm where Booker T. Washington spent the first 9 years of his life.



Tobacco house


The Burroughs were self sufficient. Raised pigs for salt pork, chickens for eggs, sheep for wool. The National Park is on just about the same original 207 acres.
Posted by Susan at 1:39 PM

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