Good Fences - #16 - Meet Me at the Landing

How about a 19th Century Field Trip with me?

Over the Fourth of July weekend we went to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee, Minnesota, aka as The Landing in recent years as part of The Three Rivers Park District- Minnesota River Heritage Park.

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1857 Farm originally owned by the Berger Family and was located in Jessenland Township near Henderson.  The farm consisted of six hand-hewn log buildings, a two-story log cabin, double-bay horse barn, granary, chicken house, cattle barn, smoke house and of course many fences.  Every garden was fenced.

Rare breed of pigs originally from England still live at the 1889 Farm originally owned by the Ryan family and was located between Henderson and Green Isle in Sibley County, Minnesota.


BEWARE of In Coming, Flying Beasts.

Back in those days, they took many precautions to keep their chickens safe!  
The roping insured that vultures and other chicken eating creatures couldn't snatch the farmer's chickens.

The padlock serves to keep today's mischievous intruders away as well.

Sturdy is as timber creates!

Of course every farm had their own Herb garden right? 
 I just wonder if they put signs up like this one?

Seems around Murphy's Landing nearly every house
in town owns a white picket fence.


At the Local General Store- also served as Post Office and gathering place for visiting and perhaps a game of checkers.

Locally made rails 15 cents lb. and Many types of Barb Wire were often on sale.

Random city garden and picket fencing.

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer,

A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman,

A man who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist!"

-St. Francis of Assisi

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