▁by ▁burning ▁lim estone , ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁neutral ize ▁acid ity ▁and ▁improve ▁the ▁fert ility ▁of ▁the ▁soil ▁in ▁the ▁Shaw ne e ▁area . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁far mers ▁built ▁a ▁l ime ▁kil n ▁into ▁a ▁slope ▁on ▁his ▁property ; ▁the ▁kil n ▁on ▁John ▁Turn ▁Farm ▁is ▁well - pres erved ▁and ▁is ▁listed ▁as ▁a ▁historic ▁place . ▁Hir am , ▁son ▁of ▁Judge ▁J . ▁Dep ue ▁Le Bar , ▁far med ▁about ▁three ▁hundreds ▁across ▁on ▁Shaw ne e ▁Island , ▁which ▁included ▁land ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁golf ▁course . ▁A ▁bar n , ▁ ▁long ▁by ▁ ▁was ▁built ▁which ▁could ▁hold ▁some ▁hundred ▁tons ▁of ▁gra in ▁when ▁full , ▁with ▁room ▁to ▁store ▁forty ▁acres ▁of ▁whe at ▁and ▁twenty ▁acres ▁of ▁o ats . ▁A ▁stone ▁mill ▁was ▁also ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity , ▁the ▁first ▁fl our ▁mill ▁in ▁Smith field ▁Township , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁ground ▁and ▁loaded ▁onto ▁boats ▁and ▁sold ▁in ▁Philadelphia . ▁ ▁Wor thing ton ▁built ▁the ▁Buck wood ▁Inn , ▁an ▁exclusive ▁resort , ▁with ▁an ▁eigh teen - hole ▁golf ▁course ▁designed ▁by ▁A . ▁W . ▁T illing h ast . ▁This ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁Shaw ne e ▁Country ▁Club . ▁The ▁course ▁was ▁completed ▁around ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁John ▁Mc D erm ott ▁won ▁the ▁Shaw ne e ▁Open ▁golf ▁tournament ▁at ▁Shaw ne e - on