Littleton Historical Museum

Thursday Taydom's class went to Littleton Historical Museum. It is a great place to visit and learn about the 1860s to 1890s. Inside the museums main building you will find the artifacts and display behind glass but out back is were the fun is found. They have a real working farm using only things of that time period. Taydom loved the blacksmith shop the best. I think all the kids did. The local community college offer a blacksmith class that also take place in the same place.


We also spent some time in the houses and school. The kids thought they were neat but not as cool as the blacksmith shop. In the house that was from the 1860s they had a real fire cooking lunch for the farm hands, and other women were spinning wool in to yarn. I ask them were they got the wool and I was surprised to learn they got it from the sheep they raised. They were making wool shawls for the winter. I asked them if they lived here too, They said No, they went home at the end of the day, they do this because it was fun.

Taydom thought the corn drying was really cool. We wanted to turn it in to popcorn
Taydom told me to take a picture of him reaching for the tomatoes. He said " I wouldn't touch them but just take a picture of he reaching for them."