Horse-powered field and transportation equipment is used to farm 126 acres filled with corn, oats, wheat, and hay. As a living history farm, it continues to operate on a full, working scale by raising crops and livestock, and using the house and barns as people did in earlier times. During its 45 years as a property of Mercer County, the farm has grown from a 126-acre tract of donated farmland to a 267-acre historical park where the agriculture and lifestyle of earlier times is shared with school children and annual visitors alike. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.Howell Living History Farm has served as a working farm for over 285 years.
National Bank of Howell, Borek Jennings Funeral Home, CEI Michigan LLC, Lepper & Company LLC, Pinckney Auto Repair, Pinckney Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Stacy Hewitt/3DX Realty, and St. If you don’t find anything you’re interested in, you can still contribute by making an online donation. To look at the auction items, visit search for the Hamburg Township Historical Museum. “And, from the museum,” Majher explained, “we’re offering the experience of being ‘curator for a day’ to some lucky child in grades 7-12.” Said Majher, “That’s a price range almost anyone can afford to bid on.”Īmong the most coveted items are a pub crawl of Brighton’s Main Street bars, a Chain of Lakes boat tour, and a Mackinac Parks season pass/ferry tickets/fudge package. The gathered items ended up ranging in price from a $10 gift card to Mimi’s Diner to a $350 certificate for four gallons of Benjamin Moore paint from Norkan/Wolverine Paint Supply. The process began with the society’s board and volunteers soliciting businesses in the Hamburg/Brighton/Pinckney area for donated products and services. “This kind of auction is a first for our organization.” “We’ll be working with Bidding for Good on this effort,” noted museum administrator Patricia Majher.
To raise funds for its museum’s operating expenses in 2022, the Hamburg Township Historical Society is planning an online auction, set for November 5-19, 2021.
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