Once a Farm

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The Missing Blog Post


To recap for the last two weeks, my previous adventure covered a different direction on the Dutchess Rail Trail, at the Lake Walton Road access point. I meant to dig into what the trail was once upon a time, to confirm if it really was a "rail" road or if the name is simply a "pet" name of sorts. There are hints that something predated the trail as we know it, being that there are low hanging, retired power or com lines a long the stretch of it. I hoped to find out more and make a post much sooner than this week, and... well, life took me out of reach of making that post last Saturday. As a cop-out, please accept the following mysterious image as evidence of my desire for hunting the histories of the trail. My apologies for letting you down last week!

In case you missed the photos from this adventure, please see the related Flickr album - https://www.flickr.com/photos/129003675@N04/sets/72157648621526894/

Once a Farm

Moving forward to today's adventure, I went to visit Locust Grove, in Poughkeepsie, NY (Please do give them a visit, as it is a fine place to explore - http://www.lgny.org/). I have to note that I was completely thrilled to be back on the history track this week. It was a little tough the last few weeks fighting the snow and being prevented from going to interesting places (As they weren't visible under all the snow). Today was the first good day in a while that the snow has held off and time allowed for a good trek. At the advice of fellow photographers, I brought extra batteries with me and keep them in my coat, so that when the current batteries inevitably "froze", the replacements were ready and equalized to an appropriate temperature to continue on.

I've always remembered this place as "The home of Samuel F. B. Morse", the "Father of the Telegraph". I was fascinated to learn that the land on which the home stands was actually part of a 200 acre farm plot, owned by the Livingston family (Two generations pictured below - Ref - http://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Henry-Livingston-Sr/6000000000401133805), all the way back to the 1700's.

          
Dr Henry Gilbert Livingston, Sr.           Henry Beekman Livingston, Jr.

Samuel F. B. Morse acquired a portion of the land in 1847 and made his home there until 1895, at which time it was purchased by the Young family. The final owner of the estate, Annette Innis Young (Pictured below) submitted the property as a historical preserve, desiring that it be protected and preserved past her lifetime. 

Annette Innis Young

The property contains a grounds keeper home, greenhouse, carriage house, ice house, and estate. Special thanks to the grounds crew for clearing paths that enabled me to explore today!







For the full adventure, please visit today's Flickr album - https://www.flickr.com/photos/129003675@N04/sets/72157650674211630/

Thanks so much! 



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