The Friends of Pope Farm Conservancy is pleased to announce that our “The History of the Pope Farm Conservancy Land” video series is now complete and available to watch on the FOPFC website.
These videos provide an in-depth understanding about the lands we know today as Pope Farm Conservancy. Go back in time to learn about life as a German settler in the mid-19th century, then learn about farming in 1960s, and finally how the land came to be a conservancy today.
There are six stories in this series:
- Pioneer Farmers
- Building the Stone Fence
- Living on the Pope Farm (1960-70s)
- Introducing the Popes
- Pope Farm Becomes a Conservancy
- Pope Farm Conservancy Today
Be sure to watch the bonus video of Mel Pope’s talk about the history of land ownership, and how the settlers were influenced by the lay of the land as they arrived here from Mecklenburg, Germany.