Farmhouse Inn Traditional Cache
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The cache is placed with permission of the owners and meant to be a fun one for the entire family. It is a regular size cache and contains a log book, pen and lots of goodies courtesy of The Smiley Face Bandits geocachers from Florida.
Buster the watchdog will bark but he is friendly and only wants petted. You can use the back parking area and it is a short walk to the cache. Please observe the 9:00 A.M.-9:00 P.M. hours in respect to the owners.
Joesph and Lillian (Berger) Burchell moved into the farmhouse during 1911 with two young daughters, Esther and Evelyn. Joe's father, Tom was an early pioneer in Kearney County. He emigrated from Ireland in 1865 and homesteaded just five miles east. Alvin was born in the house in 1912 and was soon joined by four more sisters, Edna, Emma, Edith, and Elnore. No one knows why his name didn't begin with “E”. Joe bought the farm in 1915 and registered the name as White Hill Farm honoring the former owner, Mrs. Sarah White.
In 1917, Joe and Lillian remodeled the 1886 house to add more space for their growing family. They also added electricity, running water, and inside toilets. Joe was a progressive farmer and community leader. Both Joe and Lillian were very religious, Alvin inherited the home place when his parents died and brought his bride, former school teacher Marjorie Bishop, home. They raised six children in the house; Dennis, Robert, Linda, Bonnie, Kellee, and Colleen. The home place was a great place to grow up. There were lots of chores, books, games and places to play house or Indians and cowboys. All the children have married and live in Nebraska.
Linda was the only one to move away from Nebraska for a substantial period. She and her husband Bob Ard purchased the home place from Linda's parents in 2001 with the intention of “doing something with the old place.” When they retired in 2006 from teaching at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, they started the work in earnest.
If you have a chance to visit with Bob or Linda take advantage of the opportunity as they are very knowledgeable of the area.
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