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Daily Farm Programs

Visit the two living history farms that showcase the development of Littleton from its early settlement in the 1860s through the 1890s. The historical interpreters demonstrate skills required to maintain a farm and how early settlers lived, worked, and played on the Front Range.

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1860s Farm

Date	Activities
Tuesday 03/14	10:00am – 4:00pm: 1860s Cabin Closed.
Wednesday 03/15	10:00am - 1:00pm: Learn how early Coloradans made their clothing by hand-sewing their new garments or repairing older ones. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn about our flock of sheep and how wool yarn would be knit into warm fabric.
Thursday 03/16	10:00am – 12:00pm: Discover some new historic recipes and see what is cooking out on the 1860s Farm. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn what chores needed to be done to maintain an 1860s Homestead.
Friday 03/17	10:00am – 1:00pm: Learn how cheese was made in the 1860s and the variety of ways to prepare and preserve it. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn how cheese was made in the 1860s and the variety of ways to prepare and preserve it.
Saturday 03/18	10:00am – 12:00pm: Discover some new historic recipes and see what is cooking out on the 1860s Farm. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn what chores needed to be done to maintain an 1860s Homestead.
Sunday 03/19	11:00am – 1:00pm: Discover what children learned in school in the 1860s and try your hand at 19^th century penmanship. 2:00am – 4:00pm: Discover what children learned in school in the 1860s and try your hand at 19^th century penmanship.

1890s Farm

Date	Activities
Tuesday 03/14	9:30am - 1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the job of a blacksmith on a farm. 10:00am – 12:00pm: Learn about our flock of sheep and how wool yarn would be knit into warm fabric. 1:00pm – 3:00pm: Learn about our flock of sheep and how wool yarn would be knit into warm fabric.
Wednesday 03/15	9:30am - 1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the job of a blacksmith on a farm. 10:00am – 1:00pm: Learn how the household property and gardens were maintained before the spring planting on the 1890s Farm. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn how the household property and gardens were maintained before the spring planting on the 1890s Farm.
Thursday 03/16	9:30am -1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the importance of his job on a farm. 10:00am – 4:00pm: 1890s Farmhouse Closed.
Friday 03/17	9:30am -1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the importance of his job on a farm. 10:00am – 12:00pm: Discover how creative mending was needed to make farmer’s work clothing last as long as possible. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Discover how creative mending was needed to make farmer’s work clothing last as long as possible.
Saturday 03/18	9:30am -1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the importance of his job on a farm. 10:00am – 1:00pm: Come see what cooking in the 1890s Farmhouse as food is prepared on the woodburning stove. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Come see what cooking in the 1890s Farmhouse as food is prepared on the woodburning stove.
Sunday 03/19	11:00am -2:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the importance of his job on a farm. 11:00am – 1:00pm: Learn about penny rugs and their usefulness in a busy farmhouse, see one created in the 1890s Farmhouse. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn about penny rugs and their usefulness in a busy farmhouse, see one created in the 1890s Farmhouse.