Links to Prairie and Farm History Sites Garfield Farm Home Page

Prairie sites:

• Prairie Crossing - a conservation community in Grayslake, Illinois
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Extensive site on prairies and landscaping
• Tallgrass prairie in Illinois
• Home Page of Kenneth Robertson with useful prairie links
• Grand Prairie Friends - Organization promoting prairie conservation and restoration in Illinois
• Chicago Wilderness Home Page
• National Wildflower Center

Farm history sites:

• Old World Wisconsin - An open air museum near Eagle, Wisconsin, portraying the life of immigrants in 19th century Wisconsin
• Spence Farm Foundation - teaching the art, history and practice of small sustainable family farming on the oldest farm in Livingston County
• The Chicago Farmer - forum for education and the exchange of agribusiness information
• Farmer's Wife Blog - Award winning site for rural images and commentary
• The Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums
• Conner Prairie (Indiana)
• Old Sturbridge Village (Massachusetts)
• Living History Farms (Iowa)
• Shields Etheridge Heritage Farm (Georgia)
• Naper Settlement (Naperville, Illinois)
• Kline Creek Farm (Winfield, Illinois)
• The Barn Journal On-line
• Maplelawn Garden, historic walled garden in Ottawa, Canada

Heirloom seeds:

• The Abundant Life Foundation
• Seed Saver's Exchange
• Select Seeds Antique Flowers

Antique tools:

• The Electronic Neanderthal --traditional woodworking tools page
• Midwest Tool Collectors Association

Rare breeds:

• Garfield's Java Chickens Hatched at Museum of Science and Industry
• Oklahoma State University - Catalog of livestock breeds

Other sites:

• Campton Township - Visionary Open Space Preservation Program
• Kane County Genealogy Page
• Kane County Page, including country history

If you have a suggested prairie or farm history link, send us the web address. Please feel free to place a link to Garfield Farm Museum from your web pages.