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Robin Patton

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Ionia 1880

1880 Map of the estate of Dr George Watson

UVA Small Collections

Robin Patton

National Park Service - Green Springs Historic Places Inventory

US Department of Interior NPS historians description of Green Springs Plantation. Owned in 1972 by Audette Kimball. Describes twin entranceways describe the 18th Century house and other architectural significant features. Owner at time of construction is identified as Colonel Richard Morris descendant of William Morris of Taylor's Creek, Hanover County Virginia. William Morris and his son Sylvanus Morris (died about 1745) acquired extensive holdings in Hanover (pre-Louisa). Most of Sylvanus holdings were in the Green Springs area which eventually were part of Louisa when it formed in 1742. Richard Morris was a planter and proprietor of a resort "at the Springs".

National Park Service

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Bang's Disease Record

New Deal Programs

The 1930s saw a sharp increase in the number of cases of brucellosis affecting both cattle and humans in the United States. Brucellosis, also know as Bang’s Disease, affects reproduction in cattle, leading to premature calving, abortion, difficulty breeding, and often sterility. Brucellosis is also contagious to humans, spread by consumption of milk from infected cows. In humans, the disease was commonly known as “undulant fever” during the Great Depression. A person suffering from undulant fever could become septic, accompanied by fever, sweating, and joint and muscle pain. During the 1930s, the treatment for brucellosis in humans was relatively ineffective, and it was not until the late 1940s that antibiotic treatments for brucellosis began to be developed (effectiveness of treatment was still unreliable until the 1960s). As part of the New Deal, the United States Department of Agriculture began a campaign to reduce cattle production in order to raise prices of beef and milk, and the USDA saw this initiative as an opportunity to eradicate brucellosis. In 1934, the government established the Cooperative State Federal Brucellosis Eradication Program through which herds of cattle were tested for brucellosis, and those infected were slaughtered.

This document is a record of the results of brucellosis testing in Alice Hanger’s cattle herd in 1934. The results show that none of her thirty-four cattle tested positive, and only one was marked suspicious, which was very good for the time. On average, three to four cattle in a herd this size would have tested positive for brucellosis in the United States in 1934.

Department of Agriculture, Bio-Chemical Laboratory

Louisa County Historical Society Archives

Louisa County Historical Society

August 24, 1934

Louisa County Historical Society

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Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Monticello

Civilian Conservation Corps

This photograph shows Camp Monticello, the CCC camp that was located near Boswell's Tavern. Camp Monticello was begun in 1939 to provide work for men ages 18-25 during the Great Depression and existed until WWII. Most of the workers at Camp Monticello came to Louisa from Pennsylvania, though the camp did provide work for local men as well. The work consisted of clearing forest trails, fighting fires, and stringing and repairing farm fences.

Louisa County Historical Soceity

Louisa County Historical Soceity

1939-1942

Wm Kiblinger Collection

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Photograph of Camp Monticello

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp P-82

Civilian Conservation Corps

This photograph shows where workers lived during their employment at CCC camp P-82, which was located in Mineral. Camp P-82 provided work during the Great Depression beginning in 1932 until WWII in 1942. Like at Camp Monticello, the workers cleared forest trails and fought fires, and they were also responsible for improving the area's roads and building the fire tower on Route 33.

Louisa County Historical Society

Louisa County Historical Society

1936

Wm Kiblinger Collection

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Highway Marker for CCC Camp in Mineral, VA

Civilian Conservation Corps

Highway markers were erected in 1996 at the sites of the CCC camps to commemorate the history of the CCC in Louisa County. The sign for the camp that was located in Mineral reads, "This is the site of Camp P-82, CCC Company 2359, Mineral, Virginia. The camp was established in 1934 and provided work for more than two hundred young men during the depths of the Great Depression. Their responsibilities included clearing forest trails, fighting fires, and improving the area's roads. In 1937, Camp 2359 built the 102-foot fire tower on Route 33. The tower was listed in the National Historic Lookout Register in 1994. The camp disbanded in 1942 after World War II began."

Elaine Taylor

Louisa County Historical Society

Louisa County Historical Society

1996

Louisa County Historical Society

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Highway Marker for CCC Camp Monticello

Civilian Conservation Corps

Highway markers were erected in 1996 at the sites of the CCC camps to commemorate the history of the CCC in Louisa County. The sign for Camp Monticello reads, "Here at Burnley's Farm was the site of Camp Monticello, CCC Company 2347, Boswell's Tavern, Virginia. The Camp, originally located near Rocky Mount, Virginia, was moved here in the fall of 1939 and remained until it was dismantled on 18 September 1942, during World War II. I provided work for about two hundred young men from Pennsylvania near the end of the Great Depression Their responsibilities included clearing forest trails, fighting fires, and stringing and repairing farm fences. They also helped to construct the Skyline Drive."

Elaine Taylor

Louisa County Historical Society

Louisa County Historical Society

1996

Louisa County Historical Society

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Soil-Building Payment Plan Form

New Deal Programs

In 1935, Congress passed the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to combat the effects of erosion that had led to the Dust Bowl and exacerbated the effects of the Great Depression on farmers. The Act created the Agricultural Conservation Program which gave farmers soil-building payments to switch from surplus crops to crops that would deter erosion, such as legumes and grasses. In this manner, the Agricultural Conservation Program reduced oversupply of surplus crops and encouraged more stable farm practices.

Agricultural Adjustment Agency

Louisa County Historical Society Archives

Louisa County Historical Soceity

1943

Louisa County Historical Society

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Federal Insurance Corporation Document Showing Wheat Allotment Eligible for Crop Insurance

New Deal Programs

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) was created by Congress in 1938 though the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The FCIC was created to help farmers recover from the effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl by offering insurance on crops to protect farmers against periods of low yield or low returns. The program persisted through the end of the Great Depression and is still in existence today. This document lists the quantity of expected crops that were eligible for insurance on Pallison Hanger's farm in 1943.

Agricultural Adjustment Agency, Federal Insurance Corporation

Louisa County Historical Society Archives

Louisa County Historical Soceity

1943

Louisa County Historical Society

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