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Littleton Museum’s 1890s Urban Farm with Zeb and Lagertha Duck

Zeb and Lagertha Duck are happy to return to the Littleton Museum.

Littleton Museum

Littleton Museum

We want to show you the 1890s Urban Farm today.   The main building has an interactive area for young people, an art gallery and a nice gift shop.   Leaving this main building, we first find this peacock with his feathers fully opened.

Peacock with open feathers

Peacock with open feathers

Isn’t he magnificent?   We love him.   This couple was returning from the garden heading for home.

A pioneer coupe

A pioneer couple

We love their clothes.   Ready to enter the Blacksmith’s Shop, this bat was on the door.

Brown bat on brown wooden door

Brown bat on brown wooden door

He was hard to see…brown bat on brown door.   Inside, the Blacksmith showed us how he needed to heat iron in the fire, behind him.   When the iron was hot, he put it in the vise so he could bend the hot iron.

Hot metal in vice .

Hot metal in vise .

After bending the iron the way he wanted it, he plunged the hot iron in a tub of water to cool the metal.

Cooling metal. We heard it sizzle

Cooling metal. We heard it sizzle

With this rod, he bent a hook at each end.   Then he showed us this could be useful for hanging things.   He put Lagertha’s mom’s hat on the hook.

Rod with hooks at each end is useful for hanging things

Rod with hooks at each end is useful for hanging things

Zeb and Lagertha made another new friend today.

Blacksmith likes Zeb and Lagertha Duck

Blacksmith likes Zeb and Lagertha Duck

We like him and he likes the Colorado Traveling Ducks.   This farm has a nice cow.

Cow on the farm with windmill behind

Cow on the farm with windmill behind

Isn’t that a great windmill in the background?   Passing a storage shed, we liked these milk cans.

Milk cans

Milk cans

They are rather comfortable for ducks.   The farmer’s house is very nice.

Farmer's house

Farmer’s house

This stove is a little different than ours.   Remember there is no electricity, so the part we are sitting on holds the wood.

Cooking stove heated with wood

Cooking stove heated with wood

When the wood is burning, the heat goes into the oven and also causes the stove top burners to heat.   This is really nice.   But our moms say they like todays gas and electric stoves better for cooking.   The dining room looks nice.

Love the glass china cabinet

Love the glass china cabinet

Mom especially likes the glass china cabinet.   You can see people in the living room, playing the piano.   Here we are on a small table.

Wood burning stove for heat in corner

Wood burning stove for heat in corner

Notice the wood burning stove here.   This was the source of heat for part of the house.   We hope you will visit the Littleton Museum.     It is one of the top 10 local history museums in the United States.   It is also one of 700 museums to be fully accredited by the American Association of Museums.    And perhaps the most impressive statistic, the Littleton Museum is one of 140 members of the Smithsonian affiliates.   What a great museum.   Yesterday we showed you the new piglets on the farm.   Today we want to show you the baby geese.

Adorable baby geese

Adorable baby geese

We just love baby animals.   There is so much more to see on each farm.  We hope to see you at the Littleton Museum soon.

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An 1860s Farm in Littleton, Colorado with Zeb and Lagertha Duck

Zeb and Lagertha are exploring a farm from the 1860s today.   The Littleton Museum in Littleton, Colorado is a great place to visit.

Littleton Museum

Littleton Museum

First let’s head to the school.

The school house

The school house

Notice the box against the right side of the building.   This is for firewood.

Inside the school house. Heat supplied from a wood burning stove.

Inside the school house.  Heat supplied from a wood burning stove.

I, Zeb the Duck and my friend Lagertha Duck went inside and we are sitting on the stove.   It is warm today, so there is no fire to singe our feathers.   And, every school needs a teacher.

The teacher from the 1860s

The teacher from the 1860s

Teachers had to dress up every day to teach the children.  Look at these benches.

Sit on the straw with school behind

Sit on the straw with school behind

Straw is fun for sitting.   Our farm has some of the old farm equipment.

Wagon for the farm work

Wagon for the farm work

We like this stuff, but we really don’t know how to use it.

Needed to grow crops

Needed to grow crops

But it is great to see.   The Littleton Museum has 2 farms.   This is the 1860s Homestead Farm.   The other farm, for another day, is the 1890’s Urban Farm.   The museum has about 39.5 aces and is adjacent to Ketrig Lake.   We love the animals on this farm.   Isn’t this large sheep fantastic.

Great sheep

Great sheep

Look at those horns.   She is even resting her foot on the rail.   In the 1860’s farmers had cellars.

Root Cellar

Root Cellar

This is that magic, cool, dry place to store some root crops for winter meals.  Often meals were cooked outside over a fire.

Fire pit and spit for outdoor cooking. Don't cook us!

Fire pit and spit for outdoor cooking.  Don’t cook us!

Here Zeb and Lagertha are on the spit, expecting not to be cooked for dinner.   Don’t worry ducks, you are safe with us.   To maintain a farm, may tools are needed.

One of several tool sheds

One of several tool sheds

This tool shed holds many tools that were used by hand.   There were no electric tools in the 1860s.   More animals.

This pig is huge. Time to leave mom?

This pig is huge.  Time to leave mom?

This pig is huge, but we think she likes us.   At least we hope she likes us.

New Piglets

New Piglets

Here are the new piglets.      They are adorable, like all new babies.   The settler’s house was very welcoming.

Early Homestead

Early Homestead

And all without electricity.   There were many animals on this farm, but this is one of my favorite, Lagertha and an ox.

Ox behind Lagertha

Ox behind Lagertha

This museum is great, and it is even free.   For more information visit http://www.LittletonGov.org    Then click on Departments at the top of the page and then click on museum in the drop down menu.  Next time we will show you the 1890s Urban Farm.   You will enjoy this museum if you visit it.