The farm was reputed to have one of the most magnificent views of the lake in the vicinity, according to a newspaper clipping from 1961.

Newspaper clips, maps and historical artefacts line the walls, ceiling and floor of the tunnel.

His eye to posterity led him to preserve thousands of letters, newspaper clips, photographs, sermon notes, and other sundries.

In 2012, evidence emerged in the media that a newspaper clipping from 1909 may have debunked the long debated argument.