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Q&A: Horse-Drawn Sleigh & Hayrides in Western MA

QUESTION AND ANSWERS One of our readers is looking for places to take kids on horse-drawn sleigh or hayrides in Western MA for their child’s winter birthday party. Any recommendations? Lauren Koblara Kostantin writes, “Blue Star Equiculture! It’s in Palmer, MA on a beautiful farm.” Tara Brock Winters writes, “Kip Porter on Kinnebrook Rd in Worthington (O’Shea & Porter Draft Horses) has draft horses & does horse drawn rides; they are beautiful!”… Read More

Category: Question and Answer, Questions and Answers Tags: Hayrides, Horse Drawn Hayrides, horse drawn sleigh rides, Old Sturbridge Village, western massachusetts

Fire & Ice: Early New England Culture, Industry and Ice at OSV

Fire and Ice Days at Old Sturbridge Village January 28th & 29th, 2012 If your family was without power during the Halloween blizzard, what did you do to keep your refrigerated goods cold? It’s likely that you, like many families, buried them in the snow. Before we had electric refrigeration, that used to be the only way to keep foods cold! Ice was once an important “cash crop” in New England, and… Read More