Blacksmith Kirke Perry, a member of the Adirondack Chapter of the New York State Designer Blacksmiths association, tends the forge. The blacksmith shop will be open for visitors during Old Fashioned Harvest Days.
MADRID — The St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum will host the Old Fashioned Harvest Days Sept. 2 and 3.
The museum, located at 1755 NYS Hwy. 345, preserves and teaches the history of how North Country of New York people lived and how earlier technologies and events helped shape their lives.
History comes alive through demonstrations, interpretive displays, living history, and collections among historical and exhibit buildings.
The Old Fashioned Harvest Days event keeps to this mission, providing demonstrations on blacksmithing, corn harvesting, sawmill operations, and other recreations.
In addition to the demonstrations, there will be an antique car show, a vendor fair, a tractor pull, a horse pull, live music by Larry Holly, and more!
Great food will also be available. Breakfast will be served each morning, and snacks will be available all day.
On Saturday, there will be a Lasagna Dinner, and starting at noon on Sunday, a Chicken BBQ will be served while supplies last.
Admission fee is $5 per person, cash only, and children under age 12 are free.
The complete schedule of events follows:
Saturday
Starting at 7:30 – Breakfast in the Main Pavilion
All Day – All Museum Buildings Open to the public
All Day – Live Demonstrations in the Blacksmith Shop
All Day – Attic Treasures Sale
All Day – Live Animals in the Barn near the Farm House
9:00 – 5:00 – Vendors in front of Main Pavilion
9:00 – 5:00 – Antique Car Show
9:30-11:30 – Saw and Shingle Mill Operating
9:30 – Light Draft Horse Weigh In
10:00 – Corn Harvesting Demonstrations by Carriage Barn
10:30 – Light Draft Horse Pulls in Equine Pavilion
11:00 – Antique Tractor Parade
1:00 – Horse Pulls in the Equine Pavilion
1:00 – Kids’ Pedal Tractor Races in the Tractor Barn
2:00…
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