So if you ever decide to take a trip to Western New York, perhaps for a little church history tour, I am your travel guide. The
Genesee Country Village and Museum is a great place to visit. It helps to teach about 19th century living. Here are a few pics of our visit.
Just imagine the Little House on the Prairie Theme Song.
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This is a Tollhouse. Back in the day somebody privately owned the tollhouse and charged for traveling the plank road that was beyond it. This was not a place where you could purchase chocolate chip cookies.
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A rich person's house in the late 1800's.
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I guess the rich people had some funky looking chidren.
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Pioneer toys.
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Jason got stung by a bee and the pioneers happened to have a bee sting kit.
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The first Pottery Barn.
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A weaving loom. That thing was intricate and amazing. It took them 3 months to weave about 5 yards of fabric.
Every room we went in that had a broom, the girls just couldn't resist sweeping. I don't know why they don't have that urge at home. I almost bought an old fashioned broom to take home with me to see if it would help inspire them.
There's more, but I won't bore you and will let you see for yourself when you visit.
Thanks goes out to my cousin-in-law, Carla, for recommending this educational activity! (She's a first grade teacher.)
wow! Your knowledge is so vast and accurate! I didn't know the first pottery barn was there? :) I think you should have bought a broom, they are there size so of course they would just love to sweep your whole house!!
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