The preserve features rolling fields, streams, forests, and a homestead dating back to the 18th century.

Since 1981, it has been used by the Jefferson County Public Schools as the site of a continuing environmental education program.

Edward Tyler II purchased a Treasury Warrant allowing him to lay claim to a parcel of land.

Moses Tyler had already built a barn, a stone cottage and springhouse, but Presley decided to add an impressive two-story farmhouse.

Born into a fourth-generation tobacco planting family, evidence shows that Edward Tyler II sold human chattel in both Maryland and Kentucky.

Built in 1790, the double-crib Appalachian barn was made out of large poplar boards harvested from the Blackacre property.