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 Preserving
the past for your future !
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Valley Living Historical Farm is a non-profit, educational
corporation dedicated to the preservation and presentation
of Pennsylvania's agricultural heritage. A living museum -
like stepping back in time!
Nestled in the hills of northeastern Pennsylvania,
we are open to the general public for tours during the summer,
from the 3rd Saturday in June through Labor Day plus
other extra spring and fall days and special events
with period-dressed "family" members re-enacting
the life of the original Pennsylvania German family who lived
on the farm from the 1760s to 1913. Check out our Calendar
for extra things happening throughout the year and "A
Common Thread" for a feel of our farm.
We conduct school and special group tours
and programs in the fall, winter and spring. See Educational
Programs for more information. Please call us at 570-992-6161
or E-mail for group/bus
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Spring Saturday Public
Tour Dates:
10 am to 4 pm, May 5 & 12 (Scout Day!)
10 am to 4 pm, June 2 & 9
Special Admission $8.00, Children $5.00
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Farm Animal Frolic
Two
Weekends of Fun for the Entire Family!
May 19 & 20, 26 & 27
Saturdays 10am to 4pm, Sundays 12 noon to 4pm
Games, pony and wagon rides (check
out our new team of Clydesdales!). Lots of
homemade food. Come and join this celebration of new life.
A unique opportunity for children (and grown-ups) to see
and touch our baby farm animals.
More
information!
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| May 2012 |
June
16 - Labor Day |
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December
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 Next
year, 2013 is our 50th Anniversary!
Just read, “Things Aren’t Like They
Used To be, A lot of things are a lot better”.
I’ve been thinking about that and wondering a little. Is
it better to be toting the kids back and forth from Swim
Club, Little League or Scouts, than to have them out picking
berries in their blickies? Is it better to have Grandma
couped up in the Old Folks Home instead of under foot rocking
the baby or peeling the potatoes? Is the roar of the motor
bike and Mack truck more pleasing than the chatter of the
guinea hens or the squeal of the pigs? I can’t decide. In
an old Science book dated 1910 is a Chapter entitled…”The
Story of a Modern Farm.” It shows an illustration of a corseted,
pinafored liberated woman pulling a small kerosene engine
mounted on a wooden wagon. The caption read, “It is easily
drawn from place to place by hand to run a washing machine,
water pump, cream separator and churn, lightening daily
chores to delightful ease.” Now I really don’t know… (From
an article written by Alice Wicks, Special Edition Harvest
Festival Newsletter, 1975)
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