Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate with our plans for the first of our “Sarah Shows”. We made the best of it by switching gears and finishing with an intimate, acoustic performance under the pavilion. Watch our Facebook Page for more information on upcoming shows!
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This is the committee for an event sponsored by Walton County Soil and Water Conservation District, called “Fire on the Farm.” This is a Firewise event, which will be held on Tuesday, September 26, from 9 am to 12 pm. Free to the public. This event will give important information and tips about protecting farm property and buildings from the threat of fire. This event will be at the William Harris Homestead, 3636 GA Hwy 11, Monroe, GA 30656. Sonny Turner and Dan Bennett are chairing this event, and many leaders from the Walton Fire Fighters and Protection departments are partnering with Walton County Soil and Water Conservation District to provide this important community event this Fall.
“The Sara Shows 2017,” a Country Music Songwirters Concert featuring Taylor Alexander from this season’s “The Voice” and Ray Strickland & Friends. Bring your lawn chairs and coolers! Concert date is Saturday, May 20th 6:00-10:00pm–Music starts at 7pm
Bar B Que ~~Free Parking ONLY $10! All proceeds go to the William Harris Homestead Foundation April 1, 2017 brings Blacksmith “Doc” Day to the William Harris Homestead. Meet our new resident blacksmith, Doc Watson from 10 am to 2 pm on April Fool’s Day…no fooling!! Doc will relate the history of blacksmithing in the 19th century and demonstrate the lost skills required for making or repairing iron or steel items. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, “the blacksmith played a vital role in his community and was generally accorded his due respect. There is hardly a facet of life his work did not touch upon. Indeed, without his skills, the prevailing lifestyle would have been extremely primitive. Most of the items a blacksmith made and repaired were either tools or other work-related items, such as harness fittings or ox yokes. In a culture where everyone, even children, had to work just to get by, it’s not hard to understand how important the blacksmith was.” (Foxfire #5, page 108) Come and enjoy Doc, our cheerful, friendly, and brilliant Blacksmith! ALSO… TOMAHAWK HANK will be on hand to entertain and teach frontier skills and to show off Bo, the “Wonder” Horse (we always wonder where he is when we arrive at the Homestead…) KAT will be baking bread, bring some butter and jelly! ALSO… CLAUDINE NICKENS and friends will entertain with their dulcimers, playing toe-tapping old-timey and new-timey tunes for our enjoyment! ALSO… HAYRIDES and Crafts demonstrations, and free doughnuts, while they last! ! Celebrate Spring at the Homestead ! Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a beautiful day at the historic William Harris Homestead. Admission Adults and children over 5 — $6.00 Seniors (over 60) — $5.00 Under 5 — FREE Doc Watson enjoying the skills and thrills of blacksmithing! “An-vil” you come to meet him? We hope so on April Fool’s Day! The William Harris Homestead received a generous grant from the Walton Foundation, Inc. to provide a handicapped-accessible bridge over the Harris creek which leads to the Harris Spring. The spring was a source of pure, clean water for the Harris’ in the early 19th century. Many thanks to the Walton Foundation and to Scott Cherry for his design and construction. We are calling the new bridge, “The Bridge Over Bubbled Waters.” In 2016, The William Harris Homestead also received a very generous grant from the Charles M. Walker Foundation, Monroe, GA, to help with the heritage education at the Homestead. The Watson-Brown Foundation, Athens Chapter Junior Board, presented a grant for continued restoration of the front and back porches of the log house and for window glass replacement from modern glass to antique crown or crystal glass, which was used in window construction in the 19th century. Also, the Iris Garden Club, Atlanta, GA. gave a landscaping grant to the Homestead Foundation. Many thanks from all of us at the William Harris Homestead for the support and belief in our mission to serve as a cultural and educational center dedicated to the advancement of heritage, agricultural and environmental knowledge. The Walton County Soil and Water Conservation District is a valued partner of the William Harris Homestead Foundation. Under the guidance of Catherine Reuter at Soil and Water, twelve interesting and informative outdoor signs are completed and ready to be mounted on posts and erected at various sites around the Homestead property. These signs relate much information about agriculture and environmental issues concerning farming in northeast Georgia. What a great addition to our heritage education at the Homestead! Many thanks! A Day in the 19th Century spring field trip program begins in March. Check out the calendar on the website for schools attending. The William Harris Homestead is open to the public on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, from 10 am to 2 pm. Visit and Volunteer! Happy New Year!
We have joined with Georgia Gives to assist us in monitoring and managing tax deductible donations. If you are interested in supporting the William Harris Homestead Foundation simply click the link below and follow the step by step instructions to make a single or reoccurring donation. All of us at the William Harris Homestead thank you for your continued support! It looks like Christmas at the Homestead 150 years ago–so festive and inviting! Many thanks to Clare Weaver and Miss C Holland from Iris Garden Club in Atlanta, who help us each year to decorate the log house for a 19th century Christmas season. Also, thanks to Tanya Parker, Melissa Basta, Judy Hardegree, Janet Avant, Lois Foerster, Jane Harrison, Donna Hulsey for helping with decorating and Christmas activities!
“Sheep in heavenly Peace!”…it is our William Harris Homestead tradition! Our best wishes for a wonderful holiday season. Don’t you wonder what the grandchildren of William and Harriet Harris wished for during the Christmas season of 1898? We love to make the 1825 log house and grounds festive for the Christmas season. We hope you and your family and friends will join us on Saturday, December 3 or December 17, from 10 am to 2 pm. Doc Watson will be blacksmithing, clanging and banging works of art at the forge. Susie Fouts, an 18th century historian, will regale us with tales of 18th century characters and heroines, such as Nancy Hart.
The Dedication Ceremony for the Helen Harris Arnold Pavilion took place on October 5. There were over 100 in attendance to celebrate the construction of this wonderful Pavilion, which provides heritage educational meeting and event space and handicapped accessible restrooms. This Dedication honored the Harry Arnold family, who very generously donated so much to make this dream for the future of the Homestead come true. 18th Century Georgia Frontier Day was held on November 5. It was a beautiful day, and a good time was had by all enjoying and learning about skills and jobs necessary for living in the frontier wilderness in Georgia. 2017 will offer an Archaeology Day at the Homestead. Hope you will dig it! If you would like a Christmas ornament from the William Harris Homestead, just send us an email. The cost per ornament is $12.00.
The William Harris Homestead welcomes new “Resident Blacksmith”, Doc Watson. He will be holding open demonstrations throughout the year, and become a new addition to our field trip program in 2017. The Homestead will be one of several sites locally where on-going apprenticeship training will be performed.
Welcome to the family, Doc! Miss Tanya was honored to be asked to take her portion of our field trip program on the road last week. She visited with a Homeschool group at Watkinsville First United Methodist Church, who have been studying the “American Girl” book series. I’m not sure who had more fun, Miss Tanya or the girls! (One student even came dressed in period clothing.)
The William Harris Homestead has joined with Buckles Hardware in Monroe for their “Christmas in the Piedmont Gift Market”. We even have a booth inside where you can purchase WHH products, just in time for the Holidays!
Stop by and visit them today! Find out more about downtown Monroe and their candlelight shopping events by visiting http://www.monroedowntown.com/events/candlelight-shopping-december-17 |
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