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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s. Christmas tree farming ...
[41] [66] In 2006, New York state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick H. Brennan, supported the virtues of purchasing Christmas trees from local Christmas tree farms. [67] In a statement released to support New York Christmas tree growers he stated, It is a tradition in my family to visit our local tree farm and harvest our family's Christmas tree.
That same year, there were only three U.S. Christmas tree farms with more than 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of cropland in production. [4] Pennsylvania was home to the most American Christmas tree farms in 2002; the state boasted 2,164 farms. Oregon, however, had the most acreage devoted to the crop with 67,800 acres being used for Christmas tree ...
The Earnest Farms Historic District is a historic district consisting of four historic farms and associated structures near the community of Chuckey in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The farms include the Elmwood Farm, the Broyles Farm, the Crum Farm, and the Jim Earnest Farm, all of which were initially developed by early pioneer ...
In 2002, in the United States, 21,904 Christmas tree farms covering 447,000 acres (1,809 km 2) of cropland accounted for the 20.8 million Christmas trees cut. [8] Of those farms, 686 harvested 100 acres (0.4 km 2) or more, which accounted for over 196,000 acres (793 km 2) of the total area of trees harvested.
Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is a state park in Pall Mall, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.Situated along the Wolf River, the park contains the farm and gristmill once owned by decorated World War I soldier Alvin C. York (1887–1964), who lived in the Pall Mall area for his entire life.
The Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company platted Rosena in 1887, but no construction occurred in the area until after the Fontana Development Company bought the land in 1903. The company made plans to build a farm on the property, and construction began in 1905; the Camp No. 1 house served as the farm's main headquarters and housed its managers.