Admission: $6.00
(children 12 and under - free)
Pig/Turkey Roast: Adults - $8.00, children 12 and under - $5.00
Tickets can be purchased at the main booth
Always the first weekend in August, Back To The Past is a two-day celebration of turn-of-the-century mill and homestead activities at Scribner's Mill. Exhibits include sawmill demonstrations, tours, craftsmen at work, antique cars, trucks, engines, homestead activities, children's events, a pig roast and baked bean "suppah" and much more. We are always looking for volunteers to work at this event; please call us at 207-583-6455 for more info.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
2011 Back to the Past featuring
this year, eight teams of oxen from southern Maine
demonstrating individual team and cooperative pulling
skills.
Except where noted all
activities are on-going from 10:00 to 4:00 both Saturday and
Sunday.
Homestead area:
House tours of the 1849
Scribner Homestead
Sales booth - 20th
anniversary T-shirts, hats and bumper stickers.
Fresh squeezed lemonade
booth
Just Deserts booth with
homemade pies and Gifford ice cream
Exhibits and artisan
demonstrations
Food consession
Children's activities,
pillow fight, penny hunt, checkers, swing, etc.
Chindren's workshops 10:30 -
12:00, 1:00 - 2:30
Candle dipping 10:30 - 12:00
Making home-made icecream
for the young at heart 2:30
Highland String Trio
Concert- Saturday 11:30 - 1:30
Pig/Turkey Roast & Baked
Bean suppah - Saturday 5:00
(Tickets may be
purchased at the sales booth)
Live auction - Saturday 2:00
- 4:00
(Donations received
Saturday morning)
Worship Service - Sunday
9:30
Mill and mill yard area:
Barrel Making
Shingle making
Lathe Turning
Oxen team demonstrations
Blacksmithing
Horseshoeing - Saturday
Farmer's Market - Sunday
Old Mill Pond area:
Restored Town of Harrison
1927 Fire Truck at work
Antique machinery displays
Antique autos, trucks and
tractors
Maine Antique Power
Association demonstrations - Saturday