A Witness to History: The Life of a Typical Farmer in the 1880s

The Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network (FVHN) is pleased to present a talk with Mike Day, author on 19th-century education and Curator of The Barkhamsted Historical Society’s One-Room Schoolhouse, on The Life of a Typical Farmer in the 1880s. The presentation explores the life, work, and relationships of a typical local farmer of that period, drawing from the highly descriptive diaries kept by George Weed, who owned a farm in Barkhamsted on the North Canton border at that time. The talk sets the stage for FVHN's bus tour the following Saturday, “Way Back When: A Witness to History," for those who would like to continue learning about life at that time in Barkhamsted, Canton, and New Hartford.