On December 7, 1771 Elizabeth’s friend Benjamin Rush brought a Scotsman named Henry Hugh Fergusson to one of her attic evenings. Well-educated and handsome, Henry did not own property, nor was he in a position to inherit any. This, and their age difference (he was 11 years younger than she) made him a bad match […]
It stood on the corner of Keith Valley and Davis Grove Roads for some 277 years, originally providing shelter for Joseph Kenderdine and his family who built and operated the mill on the opposite corner. The success of the mill meant the opening of Keith Valley and Davis Grove Roads so as to provide the […]
Things have been progressing nicely with the landscaping around the Open Aire Affairs tent. The sides of the new gravel path have been graded with dirt and seeded and the beds around the entrance to the tent have been planted with two small ornamental Kousa Dogwood trees, some ornamental grasses and some small, white flowering […]
So here is the path with the gravel and they’ve also put in a small paver entrance and marked out where new planting beds will be going in on either side of the glass doors.
With the nice weather we’ve been having, Open Aire Affairs has been able to get started on the new gravel path that will connect the wedding and party tent to both the back door of the Visitors’ Center and the existing macadam pathway that leads to the parking lot and the Keith House. […]