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Tobacco Barn
Tudor Hall Plantation
Nineteenth-century farmers cut tobacco plants and placed them on sticks to be cured in tobacco barns like this one. Curing, a four-week process, preserves plants by removing moisture, and brings out the aroma and flavor. Farmers in Dinwiddie ...
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Tobacco Barn ca.1790
This barn was once a place to hang and dry harvested tobacco plants. Tobacco was the primary cash crop in early Virginia. Many large landholders, including the Michies, grew tobacco as their principal money-making crop.
However, in time, these same planters ...
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Tobacco Barn
Tobacco barn built c.1720 at Hockley-in-the-Hole Plantation.
Marker can be reached from Londontown Road 1.3 miles east of Mayo Road (Route 253).
Courtesy hmdb.org
