The Ice Harvest happens the first Saturday of February every year. Over a thousand people come out to help cut ice on the pond and haul it to the icehouse.
Locals, families, and older folks who grew up in the area all converge on the town for the event. The Ice Harvest doubles the town's population for the day! It is a rare kind of Museum event, in that it puts everyone to work! People stand in line to cut ice, haul 50lb blocks on sleds, and help pack the ice in sawdust in the Ice House!
Locals, families, and older folks who grew up in the area all converge on the town for the event. The Ice Harvest doubles the town's population for the day! It is a rare kind of Museum event, in that it puts everyone to work! People stand in line to cut ice, haul 50lb blocks on sleds, and help pack the ice in sawdust in the Ice House!
Loading blocks in the Ice House. More than half full!
There were a beautiful team of draft horses pulling a Bobsled. They took families for rides around the Millpond all day! They did a good day's work!
I joined two Blacksmith friends to help demonstrate at the Blacksmith Shop.
We were one of the first places visitors stopped on their way in, and the last they visited on their way out! It was a lot of fun meeting folks and Blacksmithing. More about our Blacksmithing projects in the next post.
We were one of the first places visitors stopped on their way in, and the last they visited on their way out! It was a lot of fun meeting folks and Blacksmithing. More about our Blacksmithing projects in the next post.
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