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Malcolm Blue Farm The museum is open
Wednesday-Saturday from 1-4 p.m. |
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The
farm is located on Highway 5, South (Bethesda Road) within the city
limits of Aberdeen. From US 1 south in Southern Pines turn onto Saunders
Boulevard (across from the Days Inn). There is a red, white and blue
service station next to Saunders Blvd., Drive to the T of the road, turn
right and drive about 2 miles. Call 944-5967 for more information.
The First Brigade of General Sherman’s army camped at the Blue Farm on the night of March 9, 1865, commanded by General Thomas J. Jordan. He commandeered the farmhouse and Bethesda Church to bivouac for the night on his way to Fayetteville to join General Sherman. Museum The museum, built in 1986, using a Z. Smith Reynolds grant, contains an exhibit THE BATTLE OF MONROE’S CROSSROADS. The exhibit built by Ken Belew and Paul Brill, tells the story of the fierce battle, which involved four thousand Confederates and Federals. The battle took place near Blue’s Mountain, where Malcolm Blue’s brother lived. Monroe’s Crossroads is located on the present day Bragg Reservation in the middle of their gunnery range. The battle took place at dawn, May 10, 1865 when the confederates attacked the sleepy Federal camp. The confederates had the advantage but soon the tide turned. Both the Confederates and Federals had hundreds killed and each took prisoners. The commander, General Judson Kilpatrick, regrouped and made his way to Fayetteville where a hospital was set up to take care of his wounded. Other
museum exhibits are PIONEER WOMEN, EARLY SCOTTISH SETTLERS, TAR, PITCH
AND TURPENTINE, AGRICULTURE, OLD TOOLS, RAILROADING, PINE NEEDLE CRAFT,
POTTERY, THE COUNTRY STORE, ENDANGERED FARM ANIMALS, KUDZU AND WEATHER
to name a few. Since
1984, the farm has had the National Register of Historic Places
designation. The Malcolm Blue Farm is a Community Heritage Project,
certified by the Regional History Sites Program of the N.C. Department
of Cultural Resources. In 1994 the society received the governor’s
TAKE PRIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA award being the only historical society in
the state to be so honored. The farmstead and the museum were designated
by the N.C. Civil War Tourism Council as part of the N.C. CIVIL WAR
THEME TRAILS. The Malcolm Blue Farm was awarded the favorite Moore
county Historic site in a survey sponsored by The Pilot. The farmhouse, the grounds and museum are currently being used as a teaching tool with two ExplorNet programs, K-3 and 4-6th grades. This program is sponsored by the N.C. Department of Education working with the non-profit corporation, ExplorNet. The first training site in the state is established for an eight county region in Carthage. The Malcolm Blue Historical society members have opened the facility, making it available to the ExplorNet staff for training of approximately 200 teachers during ten sessions. “It is an exciting program and the society is proud to be chosen as the LANDMARK SITE for our region and soon ExplorNet will develop a web site for the society, Terry Marques, a teacher and society Vice President remarked. For additional information or to obtain a crafter or skills application call 910-944-7685. Festival The 10-acre farm is the site of the largest and most popular traditional festival in the region. At the festival visitors may listen to the sounds of the bagpiper and the music of folk and country musicians. There will be storytellers and dancers. Historical crafters will demonstrate rag basket and pine needle basket making and the “farm’s potter”, Phil Hewett, has demonstrated at every festival since 1976, with the exception of three. The house will be open for tours. Food and drinks are available at the farm’s concession building. The festival area includes 100-year-old Darlington Oaks and a mulberry tree which is about 150 years old. The area around the 1825 furnished farmhouse is fully grassed. The Malcolm Blue House is over 170 years old and is one of the few remaining examples of 19th century Scottish homes in the Sandhills. Memberships are available
Malcolm
Blue Farm, decorated with festive traditional greenery for the holidays,
is a special place to step back and relive a part of the Sandhills past.
Take pleasure in a truly unique afternoon. Enjoy the aroma of hot cider,
breads and cakes, as folk and traditional holiday music is performed by
Paula Caddell and Francis Brafford. The
Museum will be open 1:00-5:00, December 9th.
Exhibits include Naval stores showing, tar, pitch and turpentine;
Kudzu...the vine that covers the South, Nature’s Wrath... Extreme
Sandhill Weather from 1898 to 1999. Endangered Farm Animals and Mourning
the Deceased in the Victorian Era. The exhibit builders were Judy and
Paul Brill, Claudia Blair, Martha Swaringen, Steve Nardo and Boles
Funeral Home.
Sample Persimmon Pudding, Hot
Cider, Scottish Shortbread, Gingerbread and Cornmeal Cake.
Malcolm
Blue Farm is located on the corner of HWY 5 South on Bethesda Road and
E.L. Ives Drive in Aberdeen. For more information contact Martha at 910-944-7685. Page last updated August 22, 2002 |
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