The Rogers Historical Museum presents: Virgil Lovelace and Life on the Farm

Date: 5/1/2008 TO 6/1/2008
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Rogers Historical Museum
322 S. 2nd St.
Rogers, AR 72756

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Event Description: Two decades ago the late Virgil Lovelace compiled his memories into a book he entitled A Kid's Eye View of Living on a Farm in Northwest Arkansas. Born in 1907 in the Little Flock community, Lovelace wrote his book to tell his grandchildren what it had been like to grow up on a farm back in the early 1900s, when "horsepower" meant the four-legged kind! Now the Rogers Historical Museum is using Lovelace's book and the many farm-related objects in its collection in an exhibit designed especially for families. Youngsters and adults alike will enjoy a "what's it" game in which visitors try to figure out what the fascinating farm tools in the "barn" were used for. Little ones will have fun playing with a model farm set or riding a barrel pony. And everyone will enjoy reading Virgil Lovelace's memories of chopping wood, drawing water, milking ornery cows, and butchering hogs to make bacon and sausage.


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