Welcome back everyone! It’s Heather and Mia again here to introduce you to some exciting content about the O’Hara Family and life on the Homestead. This year we are doing things a little different … each week will have a featured theme and Wednesday-Sunday there will be a post each day exploring that theme and the occasionally demonstration video!
Week 1: Community Connections
Week 2: Textiles and Fashion
Week 3: The Life of a Pioneer Child
Week 4: Food Preparation and Preservation
Week 5: Horses and Carriages
Week 6: Customs and Traditions
Week 7: Agriculture
Week 8: Odds and Ends
Week 9: Wintering The Homestead
Today we are going to be taking a look at a brief history of how transportation has changed since the O’Hara family arrived in the 1800s until the last generation lived on the Homestead in the 1940s. We will take a look at roads, vehicles and the systems around transportation in Ontario to get a bigger picture of just how much things have changed since the homesteading days.
Read MoreToday we are going to be looking at a specific breed of horse that was very common on Ontario farms during the 1800s. Known as the Canadian Horse, this breed is now endangered but lives on as a reminder of what it was like back in the homesteading days.
Read MoreToday we are going to be taking a look at a number of different types of carriages that we have here at O’Hara and the different ways they were used.
Read MoreFor today’s blog post, we’re going to be talking about a very important aspect of horse care and travel; hitching!
Read MoreToday we are going to be taking a look at the horses that would have been used on the farm, what they were used for and the type of upkeep that was required for the horses.
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