Exploring Our Heritage: Pt II

Is 2 weeks considered 'soon'?

Well time is passing by so quickly these days,

and things have changed SO much here lately,

 that my 'soon' (meaning coming soon) became 1/2 month before I knew it:)

Anyway on with our mini tour of the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center....

 

In a way, I would call YVHC a living museum, because they host several events that

let children experience, in very tangible ways, our state's past...

one of these is Pioneer Days, where kids can 'attend'

the actual one room schoolhouse on the grounds and

do typical chores of pioneer times

(candle making, making cedar shakes, gardening and much more).

 

I SO wish I could be a child for a day, dressed up in pioneer clothes!

Actually I DO have a pioneer outfit...

maybe I can play pioneer homemaker here at home:)

 

 

So many interesting things to see here.

One of the two stage backdrops at the heritage center...
(click on the photo to get a better view if you would like)

beautiful, beautiful!

 

I mentioned the tractors but didn't post a photo...

this was one of my favorites!

Such a great collection--our nation has truly been blessed with so many inventions

from so many creative minds~

 

Part of the logging exhibit--

this is where the school aged boys learn to make shakes that will actually be used!

Logging was once a very big part of the PNW...

 

 I should also add here that they have a blacksmith shop and sawmill,
 but  they are open on a more limited basis...

 

They have a garden here too and
in April they had a Farm Fest with draft teams and mules--
I would have LOVED seeing that!
 

Aren't these geese cute?

 

 

Love!

 

 

This is the historic schoolhouse they have on the grounds there...

looks very similar to the one my grandma taught in.

LOVE...

 

 

Oh, did I happen to mention the covered wagon they have?

Look at the wonderful cage on the side!

Several of my ancestors came to the Oregon Territory and took up donation land claims--

some of these pioneers settled in the Gresham area

and others eventually settled in southern Oregon.

  

Just to let you know...

YVHC has a very special event, their Harvest Festival, coming up in several months..

Here's a link: http://yamhillcountyhistory.org/Harvest_Fest.php

A wonderful opportunity for you, your kids, your grandkids to go back in time

and see how your ancestors once lived...

 

Questions of the day

(don't feel you have to answer all of these):

if you could go back to anytime, any era what time would that be and why?

Me: the late 1800's. I would like to see how women of that time ran their households and know how they felt about the circumstances of life--both bad and good.

 

Do you practice any skill/craft/task as your ancestors once did?

Me: I now wash my dishes by hand--although I have modern plumbing of course.

I also dry our laundry outside whenever I can.

Made soap once--but it was using a quick method (glycerin melt + pour)

 so I still want to do the old fashioned kind.

 

What skill/craft/task of pioneer times would you most like to learn?

Me: So, so many...crocheting, candle and soap making, etc.

My fellow bloggers--Alicia, Betsy, Gracie, Teresa and others constantly inspire me!

 

Do you have any pioneer heritage in the Pacific NW or in the area you now live?

Yep--also early settler heritage in many other areas of America.

 

Should you be able to time travel, what would you miss most from 2013?

Probably refrigeration and modern plumbing.

I think I would also miss being able to travel to so many places so quickly, but then I LOVE horses:) 

 

Blessings,

Aimee

 

Notes:

Their website

http://yamhillcountyhistory.org/Yamhill_Valley_Heritage_Center.php