The James Madison Museum's Hall of Agriculture is a wonderful display of equipment from farming and farming related industries from the eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries. The exhibit features a wide variety of farming implements and devices. Notable items include the Arjalon Price House, a partially reconstructed 1733 "patent" or "cube" house that was typical of the period as it was the minimum size to secure a settler's land patent. The exhibit also features a 1924 Model T Ford.

Planting A Legacy
Farming In Orange County

The James Madison Museum is pleased to present an online version of Planting a Legacy here on our web site. However for the full exhibit please visit the Museum and the Hall of Agriculture.

Eyes on Orange County: The Roots of Farming in Orange County

Native American Agriculture

Colonial American Agriculture: Early Beginnings in Virginia

Alexander Spotswood: An Empire in Virginia

James Madison: An Eye for Farming

Slavery in Orange County: How the Majority Lived

Nineteenth Century, A Century Of Change

Twentieth And Twenty-First Century, Continuing Progress

Visit the Arjalon Price House Online

Planting A Legacy
is presented in  loving memory of
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Ford
a donation has been given by James H. Ford, Jr.
to further the historical and cultural knowledge of those enjoying the exhibit

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