Fox-Hunt Tradition Has Wide Following in Chester County

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Fox-Hunt Tradition Has Wide Following in Chester County At noon, on the first Saturday of March, 1796, there was an unusual stir at the old Barton farmhouse, just across the creek to the eastward as you leave Kennett Square by the Philadelphia stageroad. Any gathering of the people at Barton’s was a most rare occurrence; yet, on that day and at that hour, whoever stood upon the porch of the corner house, in the village, could see horsemen...
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