Winter Zellar (Zero) Swartsel, born in 1876 and a direct descendant of original settlers in Jackson Township, spent his life as a showman, teacher, eccentric, anarchist, and possibly the grandfather of American pop culture. Rejecting the routines of Farmersville at a young age, he said he would live by his wits while his brothers lived by the sweat of their brows, and he and a friend first bicycled to New York City before turning west and eventually traveling the world. His home later overflowed with items gathered on those travels, and outside, while criticizing Americans for wastefulness and environmental abuse, he transformed his 22 acres of farmland into an artist's canvas filled with thousands of discarded objects. His farm became a field of glass adorned with sculptures and art made from glassware, bells, bed frames, wood, and other castoffs, and his bottle works, titled Kindly Light and Full Measure, created the popular Farmersville Bottle Farm. The place also became known for its sounds, including bells, wind-rung glass, The Old Rugged Cross played over loud speakers on Sundays, and bells on grazing sheep that he called restful noises. Visitors came from every state except Delaware, and when Swartsel died in 1953, he left his land to the community for the Farmersville-Jackson Township Joint Recreation Park to be used for the pleasure of children.