LIVING HISTORY FARMS
Two centuries ago, travellers were struck by the differences in how farming was done, who was doing it, and how strikingly different the farmsteads looked in the regions they passed through. Here's where the real old time farming is being done. Pack your jeans and take a trip!
Drawing lumber with oxen in winter. Hale Farm and Village, Bath, Ohio. © LC productions, Inc.
ALABAMA
Peinhardt Living History Farm, Cullman
Landmark Park, Dothan
CALIFORNIA
Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont
McFarland Living History Ranch, Sacramento
COLORADO
Rock Ledge Ranch, Colorado Springs
Littleton Museum, Golden
MacGregor Ranch, Estes Park
The Farm at Lee Martinez Park, Fort Collins
DELAWARE
Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village, Dover
GEORGIA
Westville Living History Farm, Lumpkin
Agrirama (Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village), Tifton
HAWAII
Kona Historical Society Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Captain Cook
ILLINOIS
Garfield Farm and Inn Museum, La Fox
Naper Settlement, Naperville
Kline Creek Farm, DuPage
Homestead Prairie Farm, Decatur
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Lerna
INDIANA
Conner Prairie, Fishers
Museum at Prophetstown, Battle Ground
IOWA
Living History Farms, Urbandale
Farm House Museum at Iowa State University, Ames
KANSAS
Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita
KENTUCKY
Mountain Homeplace, Staffordsville
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County
Living history re-enactor harvesting corn in Connecticut. © LC productions, Inc.
MAINE
Page Farm and Home Museum, Orono
Norlands Living History Center, Livermore
MARYLAND
Agricultural History Farm Park, Derwood
Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster
National Colonial Farm, Accokeek
Oxon Hill Farm, Oxon Hill (near Washington DC)
MASSACHUSETTS
Plimoth-on-Web, Plymouth
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield
The Hadley Farm Museum, Hadley
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newburyport
MICHIGAN
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn
MINNESOTA
Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River
Farmamerica, Waseca
MISSOURI
Missouri Town 1855, Fleming Park
NEBRASKA
The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island
North Platte Valley Museum & Farm & Ranch Museum, Gering
Wessels Living History Farm, York
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth
New Hampshire Farm Museum, Milton
NEW JERSEY
Howell Living History Farm, Lambertville
Fosterfields Living History Farm, Morristown
NEW MEXICO
El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe
NEW YORK
The Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown
Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum, Auburn
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park
Muscoot Farm, Westchester County
NORTH CAROLINA
Old Salem Living History Town, Winston-Salem
Historic Latta Plantation, Huntersville
The Newbold White House, Hertford
Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Kenly
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, Pinnacle
OHIO
Hale Farm & Village, Bath
John Wright Mansion at Historic Lyme Village, Bellevue
Carriage Hill Metropark & Farm, Huber Heights
Sauder Farm & Craft Village, Archbold
Malabar Farm, Lucas
OREGON
The Dorris Ranch, Springfield
Hanley Farm, Central Point
High Desert Museum, Bend
PENNSYLVANIA
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Media
Quiet Valley Living History Farm, Stroudsburg
Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life, Avella
RHODE ISLAND
Watson Farm, Jamestown
Casey Farm, Saunderstown
Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol
SOUTH CAROLINA
Freewoods Farm, Burgess
Historic Brattonsville, McConnells
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota State Agricultural Museum, Brookings
TENNESSEE
The Homeplace, Golden Pond
Tennessee Agricultural Museum, Nashville
Exchange Place: Gaines Preston Farm, Kingsport
Museum of Appalachia, Norris
TEXAS
George Ranch Historical Park, Richmond
Dallas Heritage Village Farmstead, Dallas
Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, Stonewall
Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm, Austin
National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock
Heritage Farmstead, Plano
Collin County Farm Museum, McKinney
Old City Park, Dallas
Barrington Living History Farm, Washington
VERMONT
Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock
VIRGINIA
Monticello Plantation Community, Charlottesville
Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Langley
The Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton
Meadow Farm Museum, Richmond
Sweet Briar College Farm Museum, Sweet Briar
Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, McLean
Chippokes Plantation State Park Farm and Forestry Museum, Surrey
Matthews Living History Farm Museum, Galax
WASHINGTON
Pomeroy Living History Farm, Yacott
Pioneer Farm Museum, Eatonville
WEST VIRGINIA
Heritage Farm Museum and Village, Huntington
WISCONSIN
Old World Wisconsin Living History, Eagle
Stonefield State Historic Site, Cassville