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  • Farmer who kept the U.S. at bay dies on the job, at 93

    10/26/2006 5:52:29 PM PDT · by Coleus · 64 replies · 2,539+ views
    Star Ledger ^ | 10.15.06 | BRENDAN BERLS AND JOHN WIHBEY
    Enos "Cy" Harker, cantankerous holdout and local legend, lived alone in a 200-year-old stone farmhouse perched on 150 hilly acres in the state's northwest corner. As the final farmer clinging to his original land in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, he was feisty enough to fight the government long after the Tocks Island Dam project had vanquished most locals. Even as he approached his 90s, he refused to sell his section of historic Old Mine Road in Sandyston, Sussex County, to the park service, friends and family said. He was still brawny enough to carry five-gallon barrels full...