BedfordElderFarm.htm
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Donna Y. Logan reports with description and photos of her travels
in Bedford Co PA,
George
ELDER/Sarah Vogan webpage
August 23, 2003:
Mapquest directions from Hancock, Md to 142 Elder Lane, Bedford, PA
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/1-TOTJY2nND0XwxBP2xuV5
She writes:
"Attached are the pictures from yesterday's excursion up to
Bedford.
Shoup/Elder
House Story
There was only one problem with the map from mapquest.com - in the
directions it said to turn right onto Moreland Road (coming up from
the south on RT 220). There is no Moreland Road.
When you are in
Centerville (not really a town though) you make a right turn
onto
White Church Lane (which is just before the white Cumberland Valley
Vol. Fire Co. building). Down that lane just a short
way is the farm
on the left. (Elder Lane isn't really a road, it's a private
drive
into their farm). The property is 16 miles south of
the town of Bedford."
Pictures:
BedfordSilos.jpg
-- shows much of the property
BedfordWhiteChurchLane.jpg-
-White Church Lane (property is to the right)
BedfordWhiteChurchLane2.jpg
-- directly across the street
The above three form a panorama from right to left.
BedfordSilos2.jpg-
- Closeup of the Ladson property.
"There are several residences on the property. We did drive
down the
driveway but no one appeared to be around - probably about working
the farm. The grey silo has this written on it "Sunny
View Farms - The Ladson Family"
We didn't see any signs of an old burial ground around what we could
see.
But of course we didn't see much.
There is one older cemetery on RT 220 that wasn't too far
from this farm.
Might be worth looking around that one for some long lost
Elders.
Unfortunately I didn't see any signs of the name of the cemetery."
Enjoy, Donna
*****
Gordon Lockwood's photo on Elder-Ladson Farm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/pa/C8-ElderCemLadsonFarm.jpg
