One of the program ideas that Sarah, Pete Noll, Jon Kuester and I came up with back 2004 was taking our history programs on the road. With school trips being cut because of shrinking budgets and greater demands on teachers an outreach option seemed to make sense. While both Pete and Jon moved on to other jobs Sarah and I kept the ball rolling on developing an outreach trailer and the programming that would accompany it. With help from some local businesses and foundations and the Friends of Wagner Farm we were finally able to purchase the trailer this past July. Now we are putting the finishing touches on the "stuff" that will go inside.
The Fall program will have a lot to do with truck crops (fruits and vegetables) and getting them to market. To help us make the point we will be employing a 1940's era John Deere "H" and a JD wagon to go along. Because of the special needs that the program has the wagon needed to be very versatile so we had our resident engineer Jim design something from scratch that would be able to do all the roles that we have envisioned. Talk about frame up construction! I will keep you posted as we progress
