CHILDREN’S HERITAGE FAIR RETURNS
Southern Oregon Historical Society is reviving the popular Children’s Heritage Fair at a new location: Hanley Farm. The fair is open to school groups on Friday, June 3 from 9 am – 2 pm and the general public on Saturday, June 4 from 10 am -4 pm.
The Children’s Heritage Fair is a day of children’s activities designed to make history come alive through hands on activities, arts and crafts, and entertainment. Children will get a taste of pioneer life by engaging in these diverse activities.
Activities include a mock archaeology dig; gold panning; cooking and food preparation like butter churning, cheese making, and grinding wheat into flour; and pioneer toys and crafts. Visitors will also get hands-on experience spinning and weaving wool; pottery making; tin punching and so much more. Draft horses will be plowing the fields on both days and tractor rides will take visitors on a tour of the farm. Don’t forget to visit the farm animals! Experience the thrill of milking a “cow” and sit in a real saddle to learn lassoing. There will also be music, square dancing, clowns and balloons. Enjoy life on the farm for a day!
All are welcome to attend. Admission is $4.00 per child, $2.00 for SOHS members. Adults are admitted for free. Hanley Farm is located is located at 1053 Hanley Road (Hwy 238), between Jacksonville and Central Point.
For more information on Children’s Heritage Fair, please contact the Southern Oregon Historical Society at (541) 773-6536 ext. 1003 or visit www.sohs.org.