BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center

MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center:

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1. BNC_151103_001.JPG: Dedicated to Lewis "Tom" Whetzel 1914-1976 Lumberjack, farmer, woodsman, carpenter, soldier, sportsman, teacher, naturalist, friend. Remembering his many years of distinguished service, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission dedicates the Brookside Nature Trail as the Lewis Whetzel Memorial Trail, in memory of his outstanding contributions to conservation education. The world that he loved is ever alive in this living memorial. For those who knew Tom, a walk on his trail will be an even richer experience...
2. BNC_151103_016.JPG: Pine Lake
3. BNC_151103_050.JPG: Wheaton Sports Pavilion
4. BNC_151103_074.JPG: The Harper Family Homestead: Take a moment to think about your home and family life. Thomas Harper and his wife Elizabeth raised six children in this home. Later, their son Richard and his wife Rachel raised fifteen children there. They kept chickens and pigs, had vegetable gardens and an orchard, and rounded out their homestead with a smokehouse and privy (pit toilet) since they had no electricity or indoor plumbing. Can you imagine your family living like the Harpers did so long ago? The cabin and smokehouse you see have not always been here at Brookside Nature Center. The cabin came from a freed slave community called Jonesville, just north of Poolesville, in Montgomery County. It was built in 1870 by Thomas Harper and remained in his family until 1935 when it was sold to Harry L. Willard. Mr. Willard's heirs donated the cabin to Montgomery Parks in 1976. It was dismantled, moved, and reassembled as part of the US Bicentennial celebration. The 1850's smokehouse, originally from the Derwood area of Montgomery County, was reconstructed here in 1975. As both structures were dismantled, the logs were labeled with metal tags (left) so the walls could be reassembled in their original form. The space between the logs would have been chinked with a mixture of stones, mud, hog hair, and glue. During reconstruction they were chinked with stones and cement for durability. The chimney, flooring, windows, and other aging parts of the cable and smokehouse (right) were replaced. Over time, the Harper Family added a full second floor and clapboard siding to their home. As the cabin was dismantled, different construction methods became evident -- logs and chinking on the first floor and 2x4 framing on the second. The cabin was reconstructed in its original form by Parks staff and volunteers.
5. BNC_151103_082.JPG: The log cabin you see here was originally located in Jonesville Maryland, a post-Civil War African American Community in Western Montgomery County. As you can see from the photo a second floor was added to the original one story log cabin to provide more space for the growing Harper family.
6. BNC_151103_085.JPG: When the cabin was rebuilt here at Brookside Nature Center, it was reconstructed in its original form as a one-room log cabin. In the process the chimney, flooring and other aging parts of the original house were replaced.
7. BNC_151103_088.JPG: The smokehouse at the original site. The smokehouse (the smaller structure without windows) originally came from a historic house site in Derwood, Maryland.
Description of Subject Matter: Brookside Nature Center Wheaton Regional Park
Since 1961, Brookside Nature Center has engaged visitors in fun and meaningful ways, connecting to both the natural and cultural resources of Montgomery County. Nestled within 536-acre Wheaton Regional Park, the nature center provides interpretation of the surrounding ecosystems - forest, pond, stream and meadow. The nature center building is accessible to all and features live animal exhibits (reptiles/amphibians/fish), the Children's Discovery Room, observation bee hive, and wildlife exhibits. On the facility grounds, discover a wooded nature play area, native plant gardens, accessible interpretive boardwalks, 1870s pioneer cabin, and miles of hiking trails.
The above from http://www.montgomeryparks.org/nature_centers/brookside/
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2015 photos: I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
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