Solomon Farm Cache Traditional Geocache
SSBN 654: It’s gone missing again. Cache has had a great run
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(micro)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Cache is a magnetic nano
The intersection of Route 537 and Stillwell’s Corner Road/Wemrock Road. is now known as West Freehold. However, during the early days of settlement of the Township it was known as the Village of West Freehold or Mount’s Corner, and some of its original structures are still here.
The Cache is located on the site of the Levi Solomon Farm, the first Jewish farm settlement in Monmouth County. This eighteenth-century farm was located on the periphery of the Battle of Monmouth, which took place on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolution. When the British marched into Freehold from Allentown, they burned all the houses and buildings along the way. However, the owner Hannah Solomon, along with members of her family, saved their home and barn. In spite of the fact that the house was damaged, they repaired it and continued living there. Later Levi Solomon owned and enlarged the farmstead.
About 1820 Mr. Solomon and Elija Combs were in possession of much of the land in the area of the Solomon farm, including the property across Wemrock Road, now known as the Oakley Farm. The present owner, of the Solomon Farm, Bernard Hochberg, moved the barn and farmhouse of the Solomon tract to the rear of this property in the 1990’s. It is hoped that they will be opened as an historic center in the near future. When the structures were moved, an archeological search was done at the site and some artifacts from the Revolution were discovered near the original foundations. These are now in the possession of the Freehold Township Historic Preservation Commission.
The farm was officially entered into the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1990.
Congratulations to Wizard56 on his FIRST EVER FTF
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)