Visited John Brown's farm with some tourist friends. Later we up the top of the 120 meter ski jump. This is a picture of the Brown farm taken on the elevator ride up the jump tower. In the very center (big tree) is where John Brown's body lies a mouldering along with several of his sons and supporters. The farm house is just to the right of the grave yard and the barn is in the background. Brown purchased several hundred acres here for ex-slaves to farm. The farming wasn't too good, only potatoes would grow. Oddly enough, Cornell Cooperative Extension has a huge seed potato field and research facilities adjacent to the Brown property. Want to know more about John Brown? Look it up for yourselves.
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