About the Farm
Experience the Best of Appalachia
Reece heritage farm stands as a tribute to time-honored methods, organic practices, and deep respect for the land. Byron Herbert Reece is an award winning poet and novelist who still saw his major life's calling to be tending his family's farm in a steep valley beside Wolf Creek in southern Appalachia. His farm has been beautifully preserved as a monument both to his literary achievements and to help people today learn about what life was like on a farm in the first half of the 20th century. Reece wrote: "From bits and shards in idle times I made these stories, shaped these rhymes May they engage some friendly tongue When I am past the reach of song." Many educational displays in the original farm buildings help guests understand the hardships and rewards of farm life in Appalachia. Reece Farm is owned and operated by Union County.