May 3, 2014
On the way home to Vermont from Virginia, we stopped to see the Cyrus McCormick Farm and Museum. The farm is where Cyrus grew up and where at age eleven made his first invention to improve the wheat harvesting process. Years later, at age twenty-five, he completed his working model of a more efficient harvester, the invention that brought him fame.
As a museum, the McCormick Farm is very average, but enjoyable. The original home is used for administrative purposes and the workshop and mill contain exhibits. However, what is lacking in the museum is more than compensated for by the site itself. It is absolutely beautiful. The day we stopped was sunny and warm. We had stopped in Lexington at Kenny's to buy the "best " fried chicken in the area and had decided to have a picnic. That was definitely a great decision. The pictures tell the story well.
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| Kenny's fried chicken |
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| Surrounding farmland |
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| Home |
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| Anne at bridge over the creek |
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| Grindstone |
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| Like the tree in the background |
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| Mill wheel |
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| Workshop |
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