This is the last day of our adventure. We are still in the Huntington area, so we are visiting the Farm Heritage Museum and Village. This museum provides interpretation of Appalachian village life from the early 1800s until the early 1900s. We did not expect to learn much new here, but thought the collections might be a bit different than we’ve seen elsewhere. The story is pretty similiar to everywhere else in the US, except due to the rugged terrain, some of the more modern stuff came later; like electricity was not widespread in this area until the 1980s.
Interestingly, you required a tour guide to get into the various buildings on the grounds.
Our guide is demonstrating an old singer vacuum cleaner that you hand pumped to create the vacuum to suck up dirt. The next picture is of the tin smith, the only craftsman doing demos today.
An interesting display of wheels.
This is a farm, so guess what they had and what our favorite part of the visit was? Yep, the critters.
They have one young fella the looks after all of the animals and it’s easy to see he really cares for them. They all have names and most are very people friendly. Although Lynn quickly became their BFF, as she gave them hay or grass to munch on.
Well, this is the end of this year’s big adventure (hopefully the drive home will not be one). We have learned a lot and seen a lot. We hope the info shared has not been too much, but we found it very interesting and wanted to share our new found knowledge. Thanks for riding along, we have enjoyed the company! And we never heard fighting or “Are we there yet?” from the backseat.
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