WOODSMEN’S EXPLORATION DAY AT HANFORD MILLS

Visit Hanford Mills on October 5 from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm for our Woodmen’s Exploration Day. Hanford Mills Museum staff will highlight the importance of trees and forests as we showcase the talents of local woodcrafters and foresters. Museum staff will demonstrate how we process logs into finished products in our mill.

A variety of exhibitors will be on-site during this Exploration Day. The SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen Team will offer skilled lumber jacking demonstrations throughout the day. Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA) will provide information on how they promote the appreciation and sustainable use of the region’s resources especially against invasive species. The Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club will highlight the “Leave No Trace Principles” and provide information about hiking opportunities in the region. In addition, Lucas Novko will be performing historic blacksmithing demonstrations.

As with some earlier Exploration Days, Intelligent Green Solutions will be visiting for the day, sharing information about both their roof mount and ground mount solar power solutions for homes and businesses. Blue Merle Apiaries will be sharing information on honeybee hives and hierarchy and will have honey and comb honey to sell. Union Grove Distillery will be offering tastings of their products that will also be for sale. Brookside

Maple & Farm will be there selling their products as well. They are a fourth-generation family farm that raises beef and produces maple syrup and maple products. The Food Dudes food truck will be vending lunch. Visitors are also welcome to bring their own lunch and snacks and enjoy all food at our picnic tables. Check our website, hanfordmills.org for updated details.

About Hanford Mills Museum

Experience a story of innovation, ingenuity and entrepreneurship at a historic working mill site. Sheltered in a valley in the northwestern Catskills of New York, Hanford Mills Museum offers insights into the past and lessons about the relationships between people, the things they make, and the places they live. As one of only a handful of operating water-powered mills, the museum has earned a place on both the National and NYS Registers of Historic Places.

Hanford Mills is located at 51 County Highway 12 in East Meredith, at the intersection of Delaware County Routes 10 & 12, just 10 miles from Oneonta, and 15 miles from Delhi. For more information, visit hanfordmills.org or call 607 278 5744.