Contact:
Elaine Eadler, Project Director
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: 207-778-7515
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  Wilton blacksmith, Roy Tilton, works at his home forge.  He teaches a blacksmithing course for the Wilton Historical Society.

Click here for more photos and hear Ray talk about blacksmithing.
Photo by David L. Olson

Contra dances, held every month at the West Farmington Grange, are popular with people of all ages. 

Click here for images and sound clips from a dance.

Click here to listen to archaeologist and Grange member Stephen Sharoun talk about the history and importance of the Grange.

Photo by David L. Olson

  Karl Bunnell of Bunnell's Sugar Shack, Madrid, Maine, inspects his gravity lines.

Listen to Karl Bunnell talk about his maple sugar business.
Photo by Brent Bjorkman

Harness racing is a popular tradition in Franklin County.  In the photo, Rick Cushing prepares a horse for a training run. 

Interview with the Cushing family on harness racing.

  Photo by David L. Olson