Old McDonald's
About Us
The Story of Glencoe FarmOur Farm
We're a family-owned (and operated) farm in Berkeley County, West Virginia, right off Interstate 81.
With Middle Creek running through our park-like grounds, our farm is the perfect place to spend some quality time with your family or friends!
Six weekends each fall, we open our farm to the community for various festival activities.
It is a labor of love to spend the year preparing for the season, and we're dedicated to bringing you and your family the best farm experience. We feel blessed to be able to share our home place with you!
Yes, we're really McDonalds
Or MacDonalds, originally.
In the early 1700s, a man named Andrew MacDonald immigrated from Glencoe, Scotland to Arden, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Seven generations later, we carry on the traditions of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe (Clann Iain Abrach). Take that, King William!
And yes, we're really old
In 2021, Glencoe Farm had the honor of receiving the Sestercentennial Farm Award. That means our farm has been in continuous operation for 250 years!
Throughout the years,
Our farm has been home to many different ventures over the decades.
From the late 1800s to the 1950s, we played a role in Berkeley County's thriving Apple Industry.
Our great-grandfather, Ernest Faulkner McDonald, was one of the original 18 guarantors of the C.H. Musselman Company Apple Plant in Inwood.
In the 1950s, our grandfather, Charles "Bub" Francis Wall McDonald founded McDonald Farm Machinery and operated it until 1985.
In 2006, our father, Charles "Charlie Bill" William McDonald, together with his wife Stephanie, planted corn and pumpkins on the farm for the first time, and established Old McDonald's Pumpkin Patch.
McDonald Geneology
Young McDonalds
Liam McDonald and dog Zoey on the porch at Glencoe Farm, 2003
Liam McDonald, 2024
Reece McDonald, 2005
Reece McDonald, 2024
Theodore and Alaina McDonald, circa 2001
All four Young McDonalds with their grandfather driving the backhoe, circa 2008
Middle-Age McDonalds
Charles 'Charlie Bill' McDonald, 1967
Stephanie Nesselrodt McDonald, 1975
Annual McDonald Family Reunion at Glencoe Farm
Old McDonalds
Charles 'Bub' McDonald (right) and Willa Jean Hammersla McDonald (left) with daughters Gail McDonald Fidelman (right) and Kathy (left), circa 1950s
Willa Jean Hammersla, circa 1930s
Charles 'Bub' McDonald (middle) receiving a tractor for McDonald Farm Machinery, 1950
"Grandma Mag" (right) with grandchildren Charles "Bub" McDonald (left) and Peggy McDonald (center)
Peggy (left) and Charles "Bub" McDonald (right), 1929-1931
Limousin Cattle at Glencoe Farm
Old Old McDonalds
Unknown folks pictured in front of the big white barn at Glencoe Farm, circa 1910
Straw stack in the barnyard at Glencoe Farm
Richard Clyde McDonald (brother of Theodore Roosevelt McDonald) pictured in front of the workshop at Glencoe Farm
Theodore Roosevelt McDonald
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Young Ernest Faulkner McDonald
McDonald Family gathered on the side porch at Glencoe Farm in 1929. Ernest Faulkner McDonald is pictured on the left
"Grandma Mag" (center), Elizabeth (center left) holding daughter Peggy, and Ernest Faulkner McDonald (center right)<br/>on the porch at Glencoe Farm in 1926
Ernest Faulkner McDonald pictured with a cherry tree on the "hill field" at Glencoe Farm
Margaret "Grandma Mag" Borum McDonald in her late years
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The Choral Society, with James William McDonald pictured as tallest (center-right, back row)
Alice Mae Stewart McDonald
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18th century survey plat for the tract of land purchased by William McDonald. This parcel is now known as Glencoe Farm
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Protected Forever
In 2007, Glencoe Farm was accepted into the Berkeley County Farm Preservation Land Trust.
We are very proud to be a part of this union, which ensures that this land will be conserved for generations to come.
