2008 Tour of Burgess 80 acre homestead of 1868
Up one levelDescendants of John I. and Margaret Wilson Burgess tour the remaining foundation of barn and house, for the first time, on Thanksgiving Nov. 27, 2008.
- Curtis and Karen get their first look at the 1868 barn foundation by Karen Meek — last modified December 05, 2008 09:40 PM
- Still remaining in 2008, on the Goehring land, are the stones from the barn's foundation, built by John I. Burgess. Margaret and John I. Burgess were the great-grandparents of these first cousins, Karen and Curtis, pictured here on their Thanksgiving Day tour. Their Burgess ancestors homesteaded these 80 acres and lived on this land from 1868-1877.