{"id":22323,"date":"2022-12-07T20:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=22323"},"modified":"2022-12-07T20:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:41:34","slug":"sturbridge-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2022\/12\/07\/sturbridge-village\/","title":{"rendered":"At Old Sturbridge Village, 1830s America Comes Alive With Chickens, Sheep, Cows, Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fun of an old timey living-history museum like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Sturbridge Village<\/a> is the feeling that you\u2019ve stepped off a time machine into the past\u2014in this case, peacetime 1830s New England after the successful independence movement and fending off the British again in the War of 1812. Staffed by historical performers dressed in recreated vintage garb, you\u2019re invited to wander the dirt lanes of a burgeoning mercantile republic of dairy farms, clanging blacksmith shops, banks, and little factories turning out pots and lumber.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ob8X-OJZ-p4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Old Sturbridge Village was founded by Albert B. Wells of Southbridge and his younger brother J. Cheney, who were wealthy from operating the American Optical Corporation, the world\u2019s largest eyeglass manufacturer. Their father had founded the firm in 1833, and under the direction of the three sons, the company also produced scientific instruments and industrial safety products.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1920s, A.B. and Cheney collected vintage clocks, early washing devices, mowers, kitchen choppers, chests, mirrors, guns, pottery, paperweights, saws, axes, and other Americana. Inspiration came to A.B. from New England travels with friends and yearly tours of Europe with his father-in-law, the Chicago architect Daniel Hudson Burnham, who designed New York\u2019s Flatiron building and coauthored the landmark master plan for Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Before long, A.B. Wells\u2019s collection outgrew his home and two barns, so in 1935 he formed the Wells Historical Museum. Initially, he planned to construct a series of gallery buildings, but in conversations with family and friends hit on the idea of showcasing his collection in an old time village that would immerse visitors in the past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22356\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22356\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357890w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This interest in immersive history and Americana were part of a new museum trend of creating walk-through historical villages\u2014John D. Rockefeller Jr. opened Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia in 1932; Henry Ford opened his Greenfield Village, near Detroit, to the public in 1933; Plimoth Patuxet (known until 2020 as Plimoth Plantation) in Massachusetts debuted in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>In 1936, the Wells brothers bought the Quinebaug Farm in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, then known as the Ballard Place, where their mother had been born, on which to recreate an early 19th century village as laid out by architect Arthur Surcliff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthbridge Institution Buys Cape Cod Relic,\u201d The Boston Globe headline read when the museum bought a Cape Cod clockmaker\u2019s workshop in fall 1936 and had it moved to Sturbridge. They moved a general store from Stafford Springs, Connecticut, old houses, barns and mills to the property. Replica structures were also constructed.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes and World War II caused delays. After A.B. suffered a heart attack, his daughter-in-law Ruth Dyer Wells took over as director. Old Sturbridge Village opened to the public with two dozen buildings to tour in June 1946. Craft demonstrations began in 1948. When a covered bridge on Route 30 north of Brattleboro, Vermont, was being replaced in 1951, it was moved to Old Sturbridge Village. (A tour guide during our visit said the replacement concrete and steel bridge has since been replaced too, while the covered bridge remains in good shape.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22369\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22369\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346780w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today Old Sturbridge Village offers more than 40 buildings on 200 acres along Sturbridge\u2019s Quinebaug River. Houses, a tall-steepled church, a barn full of chickens with a sheep pen next door (for petting), and a saloon (with a working cafeteria downstairs) cluster around a green. Beyond are farmlands with pigs and sheep and cows, a forge where a blacksmith hammers glowing-hot metal, a kiln for baking pottery (inactive on the autumn Sunday we visited), and mills for carding cotton, grinding grain into meal, and preparing lumber. (Be sure to peek in the cider mill near the entrance for a complete mills tour.)<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re invited to wander into the houses and barns, which, no matter how many times I\u2019ve visited living history museums like this, still itches of trespassing. In some, no one is home, but you can view the beds and chairs and cups. Sometimes you find someone in a 19th century bonnet or tall hat behind the store counter or spinning sheep\u2019s wool into yarn or quietly embroidering. We followed the daily calendar to find a gentleman firing a musket (very loud!), a fellow strumming \u201cAuld Langs Eye\u201d on a guitar, and men rustling cows in from a wooded hill and then a woman milking one.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the historical illusion of Old Sturbridge Village most entrancing are that flaming forge, the horse-pulled stagecoach that clatters around the green, and, especially, the animals\u2014chickens, pigs, sheep, horses, cattle, wild turkeys, bees\u2014with their peeps and snorts and their very authentically historical aromas.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our free, occasional newsletter<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss any of our reporting. (All content \u00a9Greg Cook 2022 or the respective creators.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22364\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22364\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346938w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22366\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22366\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347094w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22365\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22365\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347066w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22353\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22353\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347504w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22362\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22362\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346892w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22361\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22361\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347397w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22360\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22360\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347415w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22359\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22359\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358140w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22358\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22358\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1358097w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22357\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22357\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357930w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22355\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22355\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357665w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22354\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22354\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wb_P1357629w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22368\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22368\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1347394w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22363\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22363\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/picSturbridge-Village221030wa_P1346902w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Sturbridge Village, Oct. 30, 2022. (\u00a9 Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the fun of an old timey living-history museum like Old Sturbridge Village is the feeling that you\u2019ve stepped off a time machine into the past\u2014in this case, peacetime 1830s New England after the successful independence movement and fending off the British again in the War of 1812. 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