C2S—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19,1980 Age and youth stand side-by-side. The silvery grey weather-beaten boards of the wagon shed/corncrib contrast with the smooth flowing A visit with a ghost BY DICKANGLESTEIN DELTA It was one of the most eerie hours I have ever spent. But then nothing quirks my curiosity or sets my spine to tingling as much as wandering through an abandoned farmstead. As a photographer, I relish the made-to-order visual treasure chest of tumbling, decaying stone, rusting iron and weather-aged wood. As a writer, my imagination drifts back to what might have been, Such was the case this week on a hidden abandoned farm site along Buecker off Rt. 74 in southern York County. _ Now, it isn’t a real simple task to find a completely abandoned farmstead in these parts. But I remem bered this site from earlier work at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant and (Turn to Page C 29) In days long past how many times did members of farm families look out this window to check the day’s weather. from farming’s past 4s What man forgets, nature fays claim. Abandoned wagon shed is almost completely engulfed by vinelike tentacles. lines of the young tree. Gradually, the tree is taking over, much as a younger generation takes over for an older. Other relics from farming's past include some rusting hardware and a hand-hewn post timber. Rusting spring jrrow recalls days when the land was worked and the old stone house was bustling with activity. Opening and timbers of wagon shed frame the remains of a century-old farmhouse. ■< r Still strewn with cobs and other alien debris is the crib section of shed. ,
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