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The Flora and Fauna of Ferry Farm [Photos]

The Flora and Fauna of Ferry Farm [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Aug 4, 2021 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History

On a recent summer Saturday morning, a group of photographers came to George Washington’s Ferry Farm for a hike on the trails around the property. A lot of wildlife call Ferry Farm home, and we hoped to capture some of it. We saw many birds, a turtle, and a rabbit...
The Fossils of Ferry Farm

The Fossils of Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Jun 2, 2021 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies, Natural History

Archaeologists have one pretty big hang up, and that is when people ask us if we dig for dinosaurs.  We’re so obsessed with making sure that people know we don’t dig dinosaurs that you can find shirts, coffee mugs, keychains, and other merchandise that all say...
How the Enlightenment Transformed Cats into Pets

How the Enlightenment Transformed Cats into Pets

by gwffoundation | Mar 16, 2018 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies

We look at our cats today as the furriest, purriest companions known to humankind. But most cats in colonial America worked for their status as the designated house cat.  It wasn’t all lazy days trying to squeeze into the smallest box possible or snoozing in that tiny...

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