This past May we had the chance to tour Historic Murphy's Landing for free! It was in celebration of Minnesota's 150th Birthday. We were all very excited to see this living museum all about the brave pioneers that helped settle Minnesota.
The museum starts with a horse drawn trolley ride.
The first stop is at one of the original log cabins still intact from some settlers/fur traders here in Minnesota.
Inside the cabin there were some women who had started breakfast on the stove and were demonstrating the concept of felting with wool. Even though the fur traders were felting beaver fur and other furs, they showed us the concept behind it. One interesting fact was that felters didn't live very long because of the toxic chemicals they used to felt the fur for the popular beaver hats.
One of my son's favorite stops was seeing all the rifles and pistols.
Explaining where bullets where going in this "new" pistol.
Working in the garden.
Cute sheep we got to pet.
Petting a chicken!
Ringing the bell for school to start!
Using a slate in the school house.
Sack races at school.
Playing a hoop game with one of the school girls.
Walking on stilts.
Stick hoop rolling.
A soldier walking into town.
Almost to town!
We made it!
Spinning yarn
Swedish weaving loom.
Learning how to do spool weaving.
Checking out the "modern" Victorian house and all their lovely things. DD9 looking into an original picture viewer.
Running water! See the red pump! Pump away and you have indoor running water! So fancy!
The local Swedish Lutheran church.
A house that originally was in Minneapolis I believe.
The blacksmith shop
The black smith!
The local boarding house.
Town center ready for the great local debates!
The general store.
"How much does my hand weigh?"
The store is loaded with goods!
Well that about does it for our adventure! Hope you enjoyed taking a tour of Historic Murphy's Landing.
