Thanksgiving 1876

Thanksgiving 1876

Thanksgiving is celebrated with much more attention in the centennial year of 1876. Cordelia, now in her fifty-ninth year, notes weeklong preparations in which her son Arthur figures prominently. Many more family members tha­­n is customary gather together for the...

One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago, Today…

Great, Great, Great Grandmother Cordelia Bigelow Hastings, for whom the farm is now named, left us with a rich collection of her diaries spanning more than twenty years, which we will be sharing with you over time through these pages. Her entries are not particularly...