Three of the many reasons Liz andDennis Hager donated a conserva-tion easement on their 140-acres in New Hampton are carved into an interior door of their farmhouse: I.H.M.The three letters stand for Ichabod H. Mudgett. He was part of the family that built the house in 1795 and farmed the surrounding land. The Hagers credit the Mudgett family for caring so much for the place they now call home. About acentury later, the Mudgett family sold the place to the Stevens family, who passed it down while also nurturing the land and keeping it intact until the Hagers bought it in 1990.
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