FIRST - Poland China Hog Pedigree - Middletown, OH
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N 39° 30.014 W 084° 20.099
16S E 729151 N 4375680
Bronze plaque marking the farm where the first Poland China Hog breed originated in the 1800's.
Waymark Code: WMCTG1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2011
Views: 9
Bronze plaque which has turned green with patina set alongside the old Dixie Highway. Plaque is mounted on a stone base in a cleared area and is readily visible to southbound drivers. There is a narrow pull-off on the southbound side of the road. No traces of the farm are visible from the road as the area behind the marker is wooded.
Plaque reads:
The first pedigree of a Poland China Hog was written on this farm in August 1876, by W.C. Hankinson, owner of the farm and Carl Freigau, compiler of the original record.
This strictly American breed of swine originated within a radius of a few miles of this place and in the making occupied the period covered from 1815 to 1850.
The first volume of pedigrees was printed in 1872.
This monument was erected by The Ohio Poland China Breeders Association. Unveiled June 15, 1922.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 08/01/1876
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