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Original Grow Farm 1800

Produced by Dean Grow and posted with his permission. Dean provided the following information - "I was able to determine the full layout of the farm from a map drawn by Abraham Levering, a neighbor, in 1871. I wouldn't have had a clue except that I had done the downline genealogy and had all the names of the in-laws, husbands, etc. It was also nice that the railroad also kept plat maps of the neighboring properties over the years. That gave me the different outlines as time went on. Keep in mind that North is almost a 45 degree angle to the left as you look at the little circles on some of the Google outline you can see that. The farm bordered on the Schuylkill River which runs northwest in that area. I turned the pictures to make them easier to read. The Flat Rock Hotel which was built by Henry Sr 1809-1810 was on the old river road but from the plat map of 1810 you can see it's location. It was very near an original bridge which crossed the river and which connected to Flat Rock Road, but the bridge washed out in 1851. Leaving only the river road traffic to use the Hotel/Inn/Tavern. Henry Sr's grandson finally sold it in 1871 to the railroad.

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