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- Map of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Showing the Original Site of Ackley Covered Bridge, 1908 - Red markings in the lower left-hand corner of this map show the original location of Ackley Covered Bridge. The bridge was built in 1832 across a branch of Wheeling Creek on the Greene-Washington County line in southwestern Pennsylvania. In 1937, Henry Ford acquired Ackley Covered Bridge and reconstructed it in Greenfield Village.
- 1908
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Map of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Showing the Original Site of Ackley Covered Bridge, 1908
Red markings in the lower left-hand corner of this map show the original location of Ackley Covered Bridge. The bridge was built in 1832 across a branch of Wheeling Creek on the Greene-Washington County line in southwestern Pennsylvania. In 1937, Henry Ford acquired Ackley Covered Bridge and reconstructed it in Greenfield Village.
- Reward of Merit Given to Sarah White by Her Teacher, Alexander McGuffey, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1833 - This is a handmade reward of merit given by a notable teacher. Alexander McGuffey was the younger brother of William Holmes McGuffey, originator of the McGuffey Readers textbook series and he himself the writer of the Fifth and Sixth Readers. In 1833, Alexander was the 17-year-old teacher of ten-year-old Sarah White at Harmony School in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- October 28, 1833
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Reward of Merit Given to Sarah White by Her Teacher, Alexander McGuffey, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1833
This is a handmade reward of merit given by a notable teacher. Alexander McGuffey was the younger brother of William Holmes McGuffey, originator of the McGuffey Readers textbook series and he himself the writer of the Fifth and Sixth Readers. In 1833, Alexander was the 17-year-old teacher of ten-year-old Sarah White at Harmony School in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- William Holmes McGuffey Smokehouse - This building is a replica of a shed found on site when Henry Ford's assistants dismantled McGuffey's log home birthplace in southwestern Pennsylvania. While there is no evidence that this was originally a smokehouse, the size and form of the original shed, and the presence of other smokehouses in the area, suggest that this might have been one.
- circa 1790
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William Holmes McGuffey Smokehouse
This building is a replica of a shed found on site when Henry Ford's assistants dismantled McGuffey's log home birthplace in southwestern Pennsylvania. While there is no evidence that this was originally a smokehouse, the size and form of the original shed, and the presence of other smokehouses in the area, suggest that this might have been one.
- William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace - This log home is typical of Scots-Irish log structures built in the densely forested area of southwestern Pennsylvania during the late 1700s. Anna and Alexander McGuffey lived here for five years and had three children before moving west to Ohio. Their second child, William Holmes (1800-1873), went on to create the popular Eclectic Readers for frontier schoolchildren.
- circa 1790
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William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace
This log home is typical of Scots-Irish log structures built in the densely forested area of southwestern Pennsylvania during the late 1700s. Anna and Alexander McGuffey lived here for five years and had three children before moving west to Ohio. Their second child, William Holmes (1800-1873), went on to create the popular Eclectic Readers for frontier schoolchildren.