This cache is located on a rarely traveled road and there is no parking so the cache will not be too difficult to find.
The history of Poor House/Farm
Before the welfare reforms of the New Deal, county farms, also known as county infirmaries or poor farms, played a major role in the care of people who because of poverty, infirmity, or old age were unable to care for themselves. Early West Virginia law followed Virginia precedent, making counties responsible for care of the poor. At first, county governments appointed overseers of the poor, who were to see that the indigent received adequate care. Most counties found that the overseer system worked haphazardly and turned to the establishment of a county farm, where any person in need might live in the county’s care. The farms were operated by caretakers appointed by the county courts, usually on the basis of bids. Although the overseers continued to have general responsibility for the poor, the county farms provided the chief means of public support.