Pete Watson, director of the Howell Living History Farm in Mercer County, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious John Cotton Dana Award by the New Jersey Association of Museums.
For the past 27 years, Watson has worked as the manager of the Howell Living History Farm in Titusville, a 130-property that was a working farm for 240 years before the land was given to Mercer County by the Howell family in 1974. For the past three years, Watson has also served as director of the Pleasant Valley Historic District and he is a member of the New Jersey State Agri-Tourism Council. The farm is part of the Mercer County Park Commission.
A graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, Watson has written several books, including Animal Traction, a Peace Corps manual for agricultural extension agents. He lives in Summit, N.J., with his wife Mary, a children’s book publisher, and sons, Kevin and Harry, both of whom are Howell Farm volunteers and ALHFAM plowmen.
Throughout the year, Howell Farm invites visitors to join in the work and fun of seasonal activities such as ice harvesting; maple sugaring; sheep shearing; pumpkin harvesting, and dozens of hands-on activities related to actual operations. The farm’s annual calendar of events includes monthly hay rides (or sleigh rides); weekly craft programs for children; and New Jersey’s only horse-drawn plowing match. Visit the Farm Calendar for more events. Watch a Virtual Tour of the Farm and learn its history.
Congratulations to Pete Watson and our thanks for his fine work keeping a piece of New Jersey history alive for future generations.
Joe Giancarli, Sales Associate
609-658-2612
jgiancarli@remax.net
http://www.joegiancarli.com/
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(resource: nj.com)
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