These coin silver spoons, marked "M. W. Galt & Bro." on the back, were hidden by Helen Calder Smoot, Jacob's wife, who, according to family tradition, tied them around her waist beneath her petticoat during the Civil War.
All photographs by Gene Lebherz.
Map from G. M. Hopkins, Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington, 1879.
Salona farm, about 1900.
Salona farm, about 1890.