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(EDITOR’S NOTE - John L’. Marsh and Karl E-^-s
Nordberg, both on the faculty at Edinboro State Col­
lege, have borrowed from a collection of oldiphotographs of farming in the immediate area to help tell
their, story of agriculture’s golden age in southern Erie
County.).
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- - A- day-long program focusing on farming, yesterday,
today and tomorrow, in southern Erie County will,be
■ held in the auditorium of Miller Learning Center at
Edinboro State College on July 25.
The program is the result'of a study by two faculty
meinbers at Edinboro State College, John L. Marsh.

and Karl-E. Nordberg. They spent-the winter and
spring photographing an old/^ann,- spo^i^igd by a . j
grant from the Public Commtt^'foF.We Himii^tiea.-^
in Pennsylvania.
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Program participants will^,be able .to^y^t area,
farms and see a fine collection .of ,old pHpt'ograpbs,’^ |
many taken by L. V. Kupper,'a turri: 6f the centuryf ^.
photographer, which will be. oa display inEdinboro’s&ij
borough buUding.. With this display. Marsh and No^d^
berg attempt to tell the story of agriculture’s golden J
age in southern Erie County.
The collection of old photographs centers on the pld. i'j

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- John Marsh (left) and Kart Nordberg are organizers of the rural expe­
rience program which is slated’ July 25 starting at 10 a m. at Edihbhrd
State College.
•Goodell farm; purchased by George Seymour GoodeU,
an Edinboro merchant, in 1875. George’s son Todd, op- erated the farm from the time of his marriage in 1907 ~
until his death in 1956.
The property then passed to his daughters, Carrie
and Margaret, who have preserved the property much
as it. was when-they were growing up in the period
between the two world wars.
Persons wishing to attend the program may contact the borough office by mail or phone for registration
materials. Charge for the day-long- event;'including lunch, is $6.
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(ABOVE)
Goodell’sr interest,^ of .^
course, centered a^und .;
the barns. Originaliy the’i
bams stood TOut^ ^loseir^
to the h(^djbut\ W488^'|
Todd’s fatfi^‘had;t^ro
moved further fronKthe ^
house.to their prese^t^ij
cations. .
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(LEFT)-In Todd Goo- i
dell’s youth, horses were
both's^rce^ and; expensive'H^nce farmers'*
used teams of oxen for
many of the heavy farm chores. In this old photo
it shows the oxen wait- J
" ing patiently, as the ■]
- fanner pitches hay,from .
the. wagon to a stack in- ■
the field.
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(LEFT) - This is the
stable area of one of the
barnsf- Todd stabled his
three'teams at this
ground level. ‘ The
harnesses seen here are
just as he hung them for
the final time early, in
1950’s. ■ -

Erie, Pa., pines-News, Sunday, July 22' 1979

(ABOVE) - The house
on the Goodell home­
stead reflects a number
of additions, the first in,
1870 and - the last, . a
glass-enclosed porchi in
the 195O’s. Carrie and
Margaret Goodell con-’
tinue to use wood or coal
burning stoves for heat, ing and cooking’jthat
date from their parents’
era.

Rural experience...
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Conference organizers for the rural experience are
dberg. left and John Marsh, right. In the background is the
horse barn on the Todd Boodell farm, portions of which may date as early as the I84d’s.
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