Highland Hill Farm
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member chstress53
N 40° 20.862 W 075° 09.693
18T E 486280 N 4466362
Explore for Indian artifacts, hunt, fish, camp, etc., maybe you can get lucky too. They have 5 properties, totalling 1100 acres, near the town of Milan, Pa, on the western side of Susquehanna River in rural Bradford County.
Waymark Code: WM6VK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Bebop
Views: 101

Milan is located in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania in Bradford County. Milan is 2 miles south of the New York boarder on a main road Rt. 220. You can search 5 farms and woodlots around this town. They are in the process of planting trees for a retail nursery operation. This area has great hunting. Have you ever wanted to go looking for artifacts? This farm allows you to hunt for arrowheads! They charge for this service, but where else are you allowed to go and search. They have 3 farms located near the confluence of the Susquehanna and the Chemung Rivers in Bradford County Pa.. These farms are at the southern most part of what is now Athens Township. The river flats on the farms was once part of an Indian village known as Queen Esthers Town. This town was along the west bank of the of the river just south of the confluence. It exended for miles south along the river. As much as 5 miles of flats were inhabited. There are estimates of 70 houses being occupied in this vicinity. There is a historic marker along Rt. 220 which is on the property. It describes Queen Esthers Town. This area was also the site of the South Door of Iroquoise Long House which was located near the confluence of the two rivers. The indian settlement was destroyed on Sept. 27,1778 by Col. Thomas Hartley.

TThe Page Farm is 100ac. It is on both sides of Rt.220 and goes to the river. The second farm is the Tubbs Farm. It has 296ac. The Griffiths Woodlot is a 118ac. parcel of forest land. It is on both sides of East Smithfield Rd. The Harris Farm 240ac. and the Temple 22acre properties.The wooded areas on all these properties were lightly timbered in 1999. There is a large mix of open, wooded, wetlands, creeks, and river flats on these properties. Most of the ground is also connected. 80 acres on the Harris properety is within 100yds of the other lands. This 80 acre tract does connect with another farm of 320 acres These are all active farms. There are tree farming, dairy herds, u-pick berry farm, and crop farming on these farms. The farms have many fields that are planted with corn. The corn is usually still standing on some fields durring the rifle-deer season.
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Mailing address: 5275 W. Swamp Road Rt. 313, Fountainville, Pa. 18923 Phone # 215-651-8329


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Phone # 215-651-8329


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