Oliver Kelley Farm - Household Visit


Item Number: 523

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $25

Online Close: Mar 31, 2009 10:05 PM CDT

Bid History: 4 bids - Item Sold!





Description

Gift certificate entitles one household one visit to the Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River.


Step onto a working 1860s farm. Pick heirloom vegetables from the garden, visit the farmhands and animals at the barn, or churn butter and see what's cooking in the farmhouse. Costumed guides work the fields with oxen and horses. At different times throughout the season, you'll see plowing with oxen, horse-powered threshing, haymaking and other harvest activities. The gardens and fields are filled with many of the same plants the Kelley farm grew over 130 years ago. Animals similar to those raised by pioneer families fill the barn and outbuildings. In the house, try your hand at domestic crafts like making straw hats and soap.

Special Instructions

Expires 10-28-09.

Donated by

Minnesota Historical Society Oliver Kelley Farm