Rural Richardson: The Farm at the Buffalo State Hospital

By Ruth L. Davis - July 15, 2009

H.H. Richardson's towers get the publicity but the land now used by Buffalo State College was much more than a psychiatric ward. The author remembers her childhood growing up on the farm that served the Buffalo State Hospital in the 1920s and 30s.

The full content is available in the Summer 2009 Issue.

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Rural Richardson: The Farm at the Buffalo State Hospital