Growing Up on a Walpole Farm Audio talks by the Graves Brothers
George and Robert Graves, now retired from farming, were the eighth generation of Graves to work Great Brook Farm in Walpole. Established in 1761, theirs is the oldest farm in town, where the land beside the Connecticut River is the most fertile in the Monadnock region. In October 2002 the Graves brothers shared some stories about their family's roots and farming in Walpole.
Bringing the Wood Home: A Son's Lesson When George Graves, at age 12, leads two eager horses home with a sled of firewood, he learns as much about his father, Stuart Graves, as he does about handling horses.
A Market for Pine--Knots and All Ever wonder how wooden buckets used to be made? George Graves hauled pine out of the woods on horse-drawn scoots, and describes how logs became staves at the Brown Package Mill in Winchendon, Massachusetts.
George and Robert Graves, now retired from farming, were the eighth generation of Graves to work Great Brook Farm in Walpole. Established in 1761, theirs is the oldest farm in town, where the land beside the Connecticut River is the most fertile in the Monadnock region. In October 2002 the Graves brothers shared some stories about their family's roots and farming in Walpole.
