Abby Epplett, Historian

Rounding out my long weekend of New England History, on Sunday, October 16, I volunteered at the 42 nd annual Farm Days, held at Waters Farm in Sutton, Massachusetts . The festival is based around the farm house and property of the Waters family, some of whom still volunteer at the event. Their ancestor, Stephen Waters, built the original red house in 1757, and subsequent generations added onto the building. A favorite fact of the family is that the rare Sutton Beauty variety of apple was developed on the farm. The Waters family lived in the house for six generations, until Dorothea Waters Moran donated the home and its contents to the Town of Sutton. Since then, Waters Farm Preservation Inc has done a remarkable job preserving the property and hosting fun community events. The homestead has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985, and those records may be digitized in the future. A

After two days of the Historic New England Summit (You can read my summaries of Day 1 and Day 2 ), I still could not get enough New England history and culture! On Saturday, October 14, I went to the Arts & Crafts Fair at Roseland Cottage , a Historic New England property in Woodstock, Connecticut that I first toured back on July 3. The fair is a tradition in Woodstock, now in its 40 th year.