Provider: Jerrie Berentz, Volunteer – The Castle & Terri Marlow, Volunteer – The Castle

It’s time to move. Your destination is west in search of more farm land, but how do you plan for what awaits you? Through this engaging critical thinking activity, campers will be placed in the shoes of many families that moved west after the Civil War. Using objects and primary sources from the acclaimed Eric Sloane Museum in Connecticut, campers will have a chance to see firsthand how to start a farm in the late 1800s.