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OXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HOST VINTAGE TRACTOR AND VEHICLE SHOW
The Oxford Historical Society will host its annual Tractor Meet from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, on the grounds of the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Museum. The museum is located at 60 Towner Lane, off Route 67.
A rain date is set for Sunday, October 18.
Owners of tractors or other vintage vehicles wishing to display their machines are asked to contact Bo Duncan at 203 426-0374 or Ed Rowland at 203 305-9632.
A variety of old-time farm equipment is expected at this family-friendly event. Admission is free. A bake sale and cider will be on offer in the Munn Schoolhouse. Visitors will be invited to try their hands at working a vintage corn sheller. Also on view will be a “Brown Bess” musket originating in Oxford and dating from the Revolutionary War period.
The museum will be open for tours with a special display of antique tools from the area. Woodworking implements, a scale, ice tongs, a horse hobble and much more gleaned from area farms as they went out of business will be on view.
Visitors will also have a first look at plans for a barn for the back of the Towner Lane campus. This will house the ever-growing collection of agricultural equipment in the museum’s collection. An architectural drawing, a site plan and a model of the proposed Oxford History Center will be shown along with photos and examples of artifacts that the Oxford Historical Societyplans to showcase at this facility.
Our Town’s History is Our Country’s History
Letters from relatives, a grandmother’s diary, photos and videos, and other material collected over the years provide vital and unique information about a life or the history of a family. These can be important to individuals. But they may also be important to our Oxford. Whether or not members of a local family attained a degree of fame, they have contributed to the heritage of a certain place and time.
The Oxford Historical Society collects archives of Oxford residents and organizations. The Society may agree to receive the actual documents and photos or the Society may borrow them to be copied and returned to the owners. When you donate or loan personal, family or organization papers to the Oxford Historical Society, they become a part of Oxford’s – and America’s – collective memory.
Persons with old photos or documents relating to the people of Oxford, are invited to call Historical Society historian Nancy Farnum (203-888-0230) to arrange a review of the material and determine how to preserve them for future generations.
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