The First Christmas Tree Farm Which Sparked A New Tradition For The County
W.V. McGalliard was a farmer, developer, and entrepreneur from New Jersey and in 1901 he planted the nation’s first Christmas tree farm. According to Hamilton Township historian Jeffery Guear, McGalliard planted a crop of 25,000 Norway spruce trees and 5,000 saplings in the village of White Horse, in Hamilton Township, that he purchased from Mr. Charles Black of Hightstown, New Jersey. It was all due to a rock-filled plot of land that McGalliard had that wouldn’t grow a traditional crop. That plot of land gave him the idea to try a different type of crop. One that has changed the
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