Poore Farm, 2013 Hours and Events (thus far)

The Poore Family Homestead Historic Farm Museum 

2013 Hours and Events

The Poore Farm Museum is an historic homestead / settlement documenting one family's life from the 1830's to the 1980s.  The house, barns and outbuildings are all in authentic condition and reflect their original use and era.   The feeling one gets when you enter the Homestead is to step back in time, to one that existed prior to rural electrification of the northern most regions of NH.

June:  hours
THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD HISTORIC FARM MUSEUM

                     Open to the public:

        * Weekdays-- from 11:AM to 1:PM    (or as posted)

        * Saturday & Sunday--11:AM to 3:PM    (or as posted)

                        “Pack a picnic basket and stay a spell.”

July:  hours and events 

THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD HISTORIC FARM MUSEUM

                     Open to the public:

          * Weekdays-- from 11:AM to 1:PM     (or as posted)

          * Saturday & Sunday-- 11:AM to 4:PM   (or as posted) 

                        “Pack a picnic basket and stay a spell”.

* Sunday, July 7^th  : THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD FARM MUSEUM

***  19th Annual Open Barn & Celebration   ***

Celebrating Our Founder's 128^th  Birthday and 19 Years of Public Service.

 View the many newly displayed artitfacts, meet the directors, enjoy the music and an old-world demonstrations.

 * Music by: Harold Boydston, Playing Authentic Western Cowboy Tunes on Guitar and Mandolin.

* Hope Manseau will be demonstrating: rug weaving on the Poore Family loom, preparing wool and spinning on a traditional spinning wheel.  Be ready to get involved. Hope will have you helping in the process and showing you how to make yarn on a drop spindle that you can make at home.    Hope will also be demonstrating how soap was make in the 1800s.

* Free Birthday Cake and Lemonade will be served.

Open to the public 11:AM to 4:PM

Admission is by Donation.  All contributions are fully Tax deductible.

* Sunday July 7^th :    THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD FARM MUSEUM

***  American Mountain Men - Reenactment at the Poore Farm ***

The "Great North Woods Party", the local chapter of the American Mountain Men, will have an historic encampment at the Poore Farm for one day.

See The American Mountain Men, their traditions and way of life.  See how our Nation's greatest, most daring explorers and pioneers lived and survived alone in America’s vast wilderness, using only what nature had to offer.  Visitors will see firsthand what life was like on the frontier and how the guns of the era work. 

www.mtmen.com

Open to the public 11:AM to 4:PM

Admission is by Donation.  All contributions are fully Tax deductible.

August:  hours and events

THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD HISTORIC FARM MUSEUM

                         Open to the public: 

          * Weekdays-- from 11:AM to 1:PM    (or as posted)

          * Saturday & Sunday--11:AM to 4:PM    (or as posted)

                                   “Pack a picnic basket and stay a spell.”

* Sunday August 11th : THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD HISTORIC  MUSEUM

***   Poore Fest 2013 ***

The Poore Family Homestead Music Festival 2013 

Featuring:  Local Talents Across A Variety Of Musical Genres

From Traditional Folk To Classic Rock And Roll.

Harold Boydston Will Be Back and Much More…

Held At the Poore Farm Amphitheater and Stage Area.

 South field parking, Watch for signs.

Admission: $8 per adult, accompanied children under 12 are FREE.

Open to the public 11:AM to 6:PM

September:  hours

THE POORE FAMILY HOMESTEAD HISTORIC FARM MUSEUM

                              Open to the public:

            * Weekdays-- from 11:AM to 1:PM    (or as posted)

             * Saturday & Sunday--11:AM to 3:PM    (or as posted)

                                    “Pack a picnic basket and stay a spell.”

Directions: from Colebrook travel 7 miles north on NH Rte 145 to Stewartstown.

Sponsored by:  The Poore Family Foundation for North Country Conservancy

 and The Tillotson North Country Foundation

For more information please email info@PooreFamilyFoundation.org or call (603) 237-5500

Thank you.

Richard J. Johnsen,

Executive Director,

The Poore Family Foundation 

POORE FEST 2013

Please join us…

The Poore Family Foundation is hosting Poore Fest 2013, a daylong musical event, on Sunday, August 11^th, from 11 a.m. to 6: p.m.

The Music Festival will showcase a number of local talents across a variety of genres ranging from traditional folk to classic rock and roll.  A schedule of performers will be posted in advance of the event.

The Poore Family Homestead Historic Farm Museum will also be open throughout the day, allowing visitors the chance to view over 175 year’s worth of Poore family history.

 Poore Fest 2013 will be presented in the Poore Homestead’s Amphitheater and stage area, just off NH Route 145 in Stewartstown.  Watch for signs.

All proceeds will benefit the Poore Farm Museum.

Admission:  $8 per adult, accompanied children under 12 are FREE.

Musicians interested in performing on this day, or at one of our other events, and for additional information, please contact the Poore Family Foundation at 603-237-5500 or info@poorefamilyfoundation.org.