historic landscape Archives - Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry Farm

We Really Dig History!: 2020 Excavation at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Dec 3, 2020 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

After a delay of five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, archaeological excavations in the Washington house work yard at George Washington’s Ferry Farm got underway in mid-August and finished on October 30. Despite the cancellation of a planned spring field school...

We Really Dig History!: Summer 2019’s Excavation at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Sep 26, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

From late May through early August of 2019, archaeologists at George Washington’s Ferry Farm were busy working in the field again, excavating a block of 18 5’x5’ units located on the east side of the Washington house. It’s not obvious today, but the area...

A History of Trees at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Nov 14, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History

The moment anyone mentions trees and George Washington, you probably think of the famous Cherry Tree Story. However, this tale of young George taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree and, when confronted about the act, asserting “I cannot tell a...

We Really Dig History!: This Summer’s Excavations at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Aug 22, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

Archaeological excavations at George Washington’s Ferry Farm have occurred nearly every summer since The George Washington Foundation purchased the property in 1996. The summer of 2017, when the majority of the replica Washington house construction was underway, was...