Our next event:
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Annual Fire and Ice Festival at Fields Pond, 10AM-2PM
Location: Fields Pond off of Fields Pond Road in Orrington/Holden
Admission: $5.00 per person (this covers both the Fields Pond Audubon Center's program (details follow) and the Curran Homestead Program
We will be having our second annual ice harvest on Fields Pond much like the Currans and others of the past once did. This was very popular with all the kids that showed up last year. This will involve tapping a hole in the ice and sawing out blocks with ice saws. Ice tongs and ice pikes will be used to retrieve the blocks from the icy water. We will ceremoniously transport a block of ice to the Curran farmhouse kitchen and place it in a period ice box.
The Fields Pond Audubon Center will be holding a winter program at the same time on winter underwater aquatic life at Fields Pond in Holden.
The Fields Pond Smithy will also be open to ticket holders. There will be blacksmiths on hand to answer questions and to creating things out of hot metal. Available hot cocoa and wood stoves should succeed at taking the chill off. Come see our recently donated circa 1909 Kerrihard Power Hammer
(From the smithy of the late C. Russell Devereux of Penobscot, ME ).
For those who want to get in some winter exercise, we suggest that you bring your snowshoes and trek to the Big Rock ( a glacial erratic) in the distant woods of the Curran farm. There will be a wooden staked path that you can follow to get to this natural wonder! It has likely not been seen by many in the last 100 years. People are encouraged to trek out to it with their snowshoes.
For further information, see our "Events" section, call Robert Schmick at 207-843-5550, or email: rpschmick1@aol.com
For further information, contact Robert Schmick, phone: 843-5550, email: rpschmick1@aol.com
Ongoing Events:
Fields Pond Blacksmith Association
This newly founded blacksmith group the Fields Pond Blacksmith Association has built the Fields Pond Smithy at The Curran Homestead. The Homestead serves as the sponsor of this group. The funds for the construction came through a grant from the Maine State Archives.
Check out more pictures here: Smithy Pics
Check out the blog at: Blacksmith Blog
New Acquisition: Model A Tractor Conversion
This tractor conversion is the newest addition to our collection. The attached conversion kit was bought from Sears & Roebuck in Bangor in 1918, according to its former owner. There is an intact metal tag that identifies the manufacturing number which helped trace it back. The previous owner pulled the rig out of the woods in Holden more than ten years ago, and it has sat in a Milford salvage yard until recently. It was purchased from the salvage yard. We plan on restoring it with the help of donors and our membership.
Check out more pictures at: Tractor Conversion Project
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