Sunday, June 27, 2010

From 2010 to 1840

We left Grand Island early this morning with one last trip

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up and over the bridge.   We traveled I-290 and on to

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I-90 which is also known as the New York Thruway.  Any name you want to call it, but, it is a toll road.  We picked up our toll ticket at the Buffalo and took it all the way to the

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Herkimer exit for a total of 197 miles.  When we stopped at the

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toll booth...we owed $35.50, Yikes!

From here we traveled on some

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local roads through the little town of Richfield Springs to our

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KOA.  The sites here are fairly large...all grass, but we leveled without any problem and were set up and hooked up before we knew it.

We had a quick lunch of chicken salad and apple salad, grapes, and crackers before heading out to visit the

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Farm Museum located just outside Cooperstown.  We saw lots of old stuff...like

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this wagon.  Lauren wonders if this could have been someone's RV?

We learned that during the 1800's most beavers from this area became

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hats.

We saw

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pretty tole painted furniture for the homes and

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From the museum, we walked down the path to take a step back in time...all the way to 1840 as we entered the

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working village.

We stopped at the

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general store where the

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store keeper was anxious to help with our purchases.   Next stop was

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just down the lane at the

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blacksmith's shop where

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we watched him make this

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black rose.

On to

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visit the printing office.  We saw how the

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newspapers and

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"wanted" posters were

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printed in 1840.

There was the stop by the

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Doctor's office and one next door to the

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pharmacy.  This book is the one they used to find the correct formula for mixing and making medicines.  Right out side he had his own

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herb garden.  Many of these were used in the medicines.

Then it was on to the

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farm.  There we found

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Farmer Wayne and his cow, Daisy Mae.  And, did he have a treat for us...

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in how to

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milk cows.

A walk back into town took us by the

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church, the

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town hall, and the

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weavers.  We also saw how to make

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brooms.

What fun it was to step back in time.

4 comments:

  1. Awesome!! What another incredible day!!

    Mike & Gerri (happytrails)
    http://freedom2roll.blogspot.com

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  2. I love living history museums! What a great learning opportunity for those 2 kids! You're the best grandparents ever!

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  3. What a great living history lesson for the kids, and as an added bonus cow milking, boy I remember that. Be safe out there, Sam & Donna.

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  4. Ohhh most interested in the weaving of course, being a weaver myself. The skeins of yarn hanging in the background all look like they were done with natural materials, like madder root, tree barks and herbs...

    What a great place to bring the kids to learn about living history.


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