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Visitor Information

Information about the Farm

Farmhouse Restoration Update:
Writing found on the farmhouse wall

Music from August 27
Fiddlin' on the Farm program

New Jersey State History Fair
"What Am I" contest winners

Calendar of Yearly Events - 2012

Our programs interpret farm life in Pleasant Valley primarily in the period 1890-1910

Learn about life in Pleasant Valley in
May: 1890-1910

May 18, 2012
Pleasant Valley in the Revolution
Friday evening, 7:30pm

May 19, 2012
Pleasant Valley House Tours and Pleasant Valley in the Revolution

May 20, 2012
Pleasant Valley in the Revolution Reenactment
Sunday, 12:00 to 4:00pm
(Continuation of May 19 program)

May 26, 2012
Wagon Rides

Friends of the Farm

Membership
Join the Friends of Howell Living History Farm

Farm Products
Available for purchase

Farming and Farm Life Programs
Parent/Child Programs, Internships, etc.

Class Field Trips and Teacher Resources

Pleasant Valley Historic District

Stories
Of Pleasant Valley and Pleasant Valley School

New Stories

Pleasant Valley in the
American Revolution

The Phillips Family in the
American Revolution

The First Hunterdon County
Militia Regiment

Photo: On May 12, workhorses Bill and Jesse helped Howell farmer Ian Ferry harrow the field where field corn will be planted. Harrowing helps to smooth out the soil turned over by the plow. (Photo by Jeff Kelly)

Howell Living History Farm is:

Carrying out the vision of Inez Howe Howell as:

A facility of the Mercer County Park Commission
A property on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places
A property on the National Register of Historic Places
Keystone of the Pleasant Valley Rural Historic District

Howell Farm is owned by Mercer County and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission with the support and assistance of
The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. The farm is an educational facility open to the public that preserves and interprets farming life and processes from the era of 1890-1910.

Howell Farm is a proud member of the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM).

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Howell Farm was Co-Host for the
2003 ALHFAM Annual Meeting and Conference
Princeton, New Jersey - June 22 - 26, 2003

This website is a project of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm and the text and graphic contents of this website are © 2001-2011 by The Friends of Howell Living History Farm.

Site Updated: May 15, 2012