An intimate look at the people who long ago lived on and loved what is now Thacher State Park

Historically, property owners often applied names to the place where they lived much like how Thacher Park was called Indian Ladder Farm at one time.

Property naming was an important method of identification even before and after standardized street numbering became common in the mid-19th Century.

Property names were often derived from the owners family name, history of the buildings, someone’s occupation, the surrounding geography or sentimental, aspirational, or humorous references…

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