00:19 - Hello and welcome to the

00:20 - Winter's Heritage House

00:21 - Museum.

00:22 - My name is Kate Rose.

00:23 - I'm the social media

00:24 - manager here at the museum

00:26 - and I will be leading you

00:27 - on today's exciting journey

00:28 - through the past. The

00:30 - Winter's Heritage House

00:31 - Museum is located just half

00:33 - a block from

00:33 - Elizabethtown's square and

00:36 - we preserve two historic

00:38 - structures, a Scotch Irish

00:41 - log cabin and a German log

00:43 - cabin.

00:44 - Both structures date to the

00:45 - 17th sixties when this area

00:48 - was the American frontier

00:50 - in the 1980s.

00:52 - Both of these buildings

00:52 - were at risk for demolition

00:54 - when a group of concerned

00:56 - citizens banded together to

00:58 - rescue and restore them.

01:00 - This group the Elizabeth

01:01 - Town preservation

01:02 - associates this board still

01:04 - oversees both historic

01:06 - homes the museum and the

01:07 - research library.

01:09 - Since opening its doors in

01:10 - 1990 the Winter's Heritage

01:12 - House Museum has served the

01:14 - local community by

01:15 - preserving historic skills

01:17 - and sharing the rich

01:18 - history of Elizabeth Town.

01:20 - Come on inside and I'll

01:21 - show you around.

01:27 - This is the 1812 room the

01:29 - building we are standing in

01:31 - was the German log home in

01:34 - Germany forests and

01:36 - woodlands are plentiful and

01:39 - so early German immigrants

01:41 - were very skilled in

01:43 - building their homes out of

01:45 - logs.

01:46 - As you can see they would

01:47 - fell or chopped down large

01:50 - trees which would result in

01:52 - larger logs which they

01:54 - would square off.

01:56 - This resulted in a sound

01:57 - structure with minimal gaps

01:59 - and any gaps that did occur

02:01 - were filled in throughout

02:03 - the construction process

02:05 - with any debris is from the

02:08 - building site.

02:09 - For example you can see a

02:10 - brick an animal bone maybe

02:13 - from someone's lunch spare

02:14 - bits of wood and even a

02:17 - glass bottle that were put

02:20 - in to seal the gaps.

02:22 - Once the structure was

02:23 - built they would whitewash

02:24 - over the walls using a

02:26 - mixture of lime and water.

02:29 - When this building was

02:31 - converted into museum

02:33 - portions of the wall were

02:34 - left uncovered to better

02:36 - demonstrate this amazing

02:38 - example of 1760 East German

02:41 - architecture.

02:43 - The reason we call this

02:44 - from the 1812 room is

02:45 - because up until 1812 this

02:47 - home actually was not here.

02:49 - This home was originally

02:50 - built about a mile up the

02:52 - road east of here and it

02:53 - was located on a farm but

02:55 - in 1812 a local widow named

02:57 - Mary Meyer Kauffman decided

02:59 - that she wanted to move

03:00 - into town and so

03:02 - construction was started on

03:04 - the site to move her home.

03:05 - Here we have an exciting

03:07 - hidden exhibit in this room

03:09 - as well.

03:09 - If you lift up the

03:10 - floorboards you will see

03:12 - the artifacts that were

03:13 - discovered during the 1990s

03:16 - when an archaeological dig

03:17 - was done on the site.

03:19 - Many of these artifacts

03:21 - point to Scots Irish

03:23 - heritage specifically the

03:25 - white china which was

03:26 - preferred by the Scots

03:27 - Irish and many immigrants

03:29 - from the United Kingdom.

03:31 - The Germans on the other

03:32 - hand prefer to read where

03:33 - pottery archeological

03:35 - findings suggest that the

03:38 - neighbors in the home next

03:40 - door when finding out that

03:42 - this home was to be moved

03:43 - here took it as an

03:45 - opportunity to discard some

03:46 - trash that they knew would

03:48 - be covered up by this

03:49 - home's floorboards.

03:51 - You may have noticed that a

03:53 - lot of the exhibits in this

03:54 - room are minimal.

03:55 - The exposed wall indicating

03:58 - German architecture as well

03:59 - as this archeological

04:00 - exhibit hidden under the

04:01 - floorboards and that so

04:03 - that this room can actually

04:04 - serve a dual purpose

04:05 - throughout the year we also

04:06 - host a variety of programs

04:08 - and events here in the 1812

04:10 - room and you can find out

04:11 - more about those by

04:12 - visiting our web site

04:13 - ElizabethtownHistory.org

04:15 - This is the log room and we

04:17 - are now standing in the

04:18 - Scots Irish home.

04:20 - It was originally a two

04:22 - room home and it was moved

04:25 - here according to tax

04:26 - records in 1790.

04:28 - Prior to that it was most

04:29 - likely located on the town

04:30 - square.

04:31 - It is an excellent example

04:33 - of early Scots Irish

04:35 - architecture in comparison

04:38 - to the German home we saw

04:40 - these logs are much

04:41 - smaller.

04:43 - They would have stripped

04:44 - the bark using a tool

04:45 - called an adds which is

04:46 - similar to an axe and you

04:48 - can see the chop marks as

04:50 - the builder was going along

04:52 - the log and stripping the

04:53 - bark from it because the

04:55 - logs were smaller.

04:56 - There were large gaps that

04:58 - were left as they stack the

04:59 - logs.

05:00 - They also weren't squared

05:01 - off and so they would fill

05:03 - these gaps to prevent any

05:06 - animals or the weather and

05:07 - drafts from getting into

05:08 - the cabin using chunking

05:10 - and dobbing primarily mud

05:12 - and straw.

05:13 - You can see an example of

05:15 - the original shrinking in

05:16 - dobbing on this area where

05:19 - they sealed the door and

05:22 - window.

05:22 - The original during window

05:23 - to this home opened up

05:24 - actually onto the

05:25 - neighbouring lot.

05:27 - They preferred this because

05:29 - the dust from the road if

05:30 - they had a door facing the

05:32 - road would have gotten into

05:34 - the home much more made it

05:36 - much more dusty.

05:37 - But when their neighbours

05:38 - moved in next door the

05:39 - German style home that we

05:40 - saw that was actually right

05:43 - up against this house so

05:44 - they had to seal up the

05:45 - original door and window at

05:47 - that time in 1812.

05:49 - Trees are not as plentiful

05:51 - as they were in Germany and

05:53 - because it's an island much

05:55 - of their timber was used

05:56 - for building ships instead

05:58 - they would build their

05:59 - homes out of stone and so

06:01 - early Scots Irish

06:02 - immigrants were not as

06:03 - skilled at working with

06:05 - wood and building homes out

06:07 - of logs which is why there

06:09 - were lots of gaps and why

06:11 - you can see that they

06:12 - really struggled in putting

06:13 - this cabin in particular

06:15 - up.

06:16 - You can see a few notches

06:17 - and grooves where the logs

06:19 - just don't quite line up

06:21 - properly.

06:22 - Guests who visit the museum

06:23 - can also try their hand at

06:25 - building a replica

06:26 - miniature log cabin just

06:28 - like this one at this

06:29 - interactive station in the

06:32 - early 18th century.

06:34 - This area was the American

06:36 - frontier.

06:37 - Unlike many early German

06:39 - immigrants Scots Irish

06:41 - immigrants were more

06:42 - skilled at hunting and

06:43 - trapping whereas the

06:45 - Germans were more skilled

06:46 - in farming.

06:47 - This meant that many Scots

06:49 - arts immigrants were

06:50 - heavily involved in the fur

06:52 - trade trading with local

06:53 - Native American

06:54 - populations.

06:56 - It wasn't until 1750 three

06:58 - that a town was established

07:00 - here by Elizabeth and

07:02 - Barnabas Hughes Barnabas

07:04 - Hughes was a fur trader and

07:06 - prior to him purchasing the

07:08 - sign of the bear Tavern.

07:09 - This was just a trading

07:10 - post.

07:12 - It wasn't until he

07:13 - purchased the tavern and

07:15 - the fur trade took him away

07:16 - for months at a time

07:17 - leaving his wife Elizabeth

07:19 - alone to manage the tavern.

07:21 - And so the town that

07:22 - developed was called

07:24 - Elizabeth Town 18th century

07:27 - daily life can be

07:28 - summarized in four words

07:30 - food fuel fiber and flame

07:35 - they would grow their own

07:36 - food as well as cooking it

07:39 - and preserving it.

07:41 - They would raise animals

07:44 - such as sheep for wool

07:47 - which they would spin into

07:48 - yarn and grow crops such as

07:50 - flax for linen.

07:52 - They would chop firewood as

07:55 - it was their primary fuel

07:56 - source not only for cooking

07:58 - but for heating their

07:59 - homes.

08:01 - And finally they would make

08:02 - candles prior to oil lamps

08:05 - and electric lighting.

08:07 - This was the only way to

08:08 - let your home.

08:10 - This is the hearth kitchen

08:12 - and it is a later addition

08:13 - to the Scotch Irish style

08:16 - home.

08:17 - It was added after the

08:19 - original kitchen burned in

08:20 - a fire in the year 1847.

08:23 - It features a hearth and as

08:26 - well as a squirrel tail

08:28 - oven.

08:29 - Notable because of the flu

08:31 - that curves over the dome.

08:33 - This allowed for better

08:34 - heat retention and

08:35 - circulation when cooking on

08:38 - a hearth the primary fuel

08:41 - was the only fuel they had

08:42 - was wood so they would

08:45 - build a fire in the corner

08:47 - and they would use

08:48 - something called a crane

08:49 - which is this piece here to

08:51 - adjust the temperature

08:53 - because they cooked with

08:54 - cast iron which is quite

08:55 - heavy.

08:56 - It hooks the pot onto it

08:58 - and you would adjust the

08:58 - heat by putting it either

09:00 - over the fire for hot

09:02 - halfway towards you for

09:03 - medium heat and all the way

09:05 - off the fire to cool it

09:06 - down in order to bake in

09:09 - the squirrels hell oven.

09:10 - You would similarly start a

09:12 - fire in the oven and close

09:14 - the door.

09:15 - It would bring the oven up

09:16 - to temperature once it was

09:17 - getting hot.

09:18 - You would push the coals

09:19 - back and then bake your

09:20 - bread or pies cakes.

09:23 - Anything you can bake in a

09:24 - modern oven you can bake in

09:26 - this one this is the

09:29 - Seibert genealogy library

09:31 - and research center.

09:33 - This library specializes in

09:34 - the local history of

09:36 - Elizabethtown.

09:37 - Our collection includes

09:39 - ship logs deeds photographs

09:43 - articles maps and other

09:46 - resources.

09:47 - We owe this collection to

09:49 - Ruth Seibert the library's

09:51 - founder and to the Seibert

09:53 - family who remain valued

09:55 - benefactors.

09:57 - This exhibit showcases and

09:58 - highlights the cultural

10:00 - history of local native

10:02 - populations and the impact

10:04 - of the European fur trade.

10:08 - You can see here that we

10:09 - have several examples of

10:10 - pottery that were on earth

10:12 - along the Susquehanna

10:13 - River.

10:14 - We also have several

10:15 - projectile points and other

10:17 - stone tools that date to

10:19 - about 300 to 500 years ago

10:21 - prior to European contact.

10:26 - This is the parlor the

10:29 - original kitchen for the

10:30 - Scots Irish home originally

10:32 - stood in this spot until it

10:34 - burned in 1847.

10:36 - You can see some charred

10:37 - beams still remained and

10:40 - were incorporated into this

10:41 - structure when it was

10:43 - rebuilt as a parlor at this

10:45 - time parlours have come

10:46 - into fashion as a place to

10:48 - entertain guests and

10:49 - socialize.

10:51 - And so this room serves as

10:53 - a tribute to the American

10:56 - heritage of tea as a social

10:58 - drink.

10:59 - And we also have an exhibit

11:00 - on the 18th century

11:01 - significance of tea and its

11:03 - role that it played in the

11:05 - American Revolution as well

11:07 - as the Boston Tea Party.

11:10 - This is our onsite colonial

11:11 - herb garden.

11:12 - We owe this garden to the

11:14 - efforts of a local Girl

11:15 - Scout troop who completed

11:17 - it as part of their silver

11:19 - award project last year in

11:21 - 2000 and 19 in this garden.

11:24 - We grow many historical

11:26 - varieties of herbs both

11:29 - medicinal and culinary such

11:31 - as original which was used

11:32 - in cooking medicinal plants

11:34 - such as come free and also

11:36 - die plants which were grown

11:38 - commonly at the time such

11:39 - as indigo.

11:41 - We actually have an

11:42 - in-depth tour of this

11:43 - garden on our YouTube

11:44 - channel.

11:45 - If you would like to find

11:46 - out more about the specific

11:47 - varieties and what a

11:49 - colonial or garden of the

11:50 - time would have looked like

11:52 - we also harvest herbs from

11:54 - this garden to sell in our

11:57 - museum shop and they are

11:58 - dried using traditional

12:00 - methods as well.

12:04 - This is the museum store.

12:06 - It is housed in an original

12:08 - brick and timber shop

12:09 - dating to the 18th 70s so

12:11 - it's an exciting legacy

12:12 - that it gets to house our

12:14 - current museum shop as well

12:17 - in our shop.

12:18 - You can find spice and

12:21 - blends that were grown on

12:22 - site in our gardens using

12:24 - chemical free organic

12:25 - methods.

12:26 - We also have teas which are

12:29 - traditional blends by

12:31 - Oliver puff and co and they

12:33 - are grown here in the US

12:35 - using traditional methods

12:37 - as well.

12:37 - In colonial style gardens

12:39 - our shop also features many

12:41 - locally made wares by

12:44 - artisans.

12:45 - So by shopping here in our

12:46 - store you're not only

12:47 - supporting our 100 percent

12:49 - volunteer run and

12:50 - non-profit museum you are

12:52 - also supporting local

12:53 - crafts people.

12:54 - You can find hand turned

12:56 - exotic wood pieces locally

12:58 - spun alpaca yarn even some

13:01 - pet beds and cozies that

13:03 - were sewn onsite by a

13:04 - quilting committee.

13:05 - We have several committees

13:06 - that we owe a lot of thanks

13:08 - to you for helping the

13:09 - museum operate smoothly on

13:11 - a daily basis.

13:12 - So I mentioned our quilting

13:13 - committee.

13:14 - We also have a textile

13:15 - group an herb garden

13:16 - committee and there are

13:18 - lots of opportunities to

13:19 - get involved as a volunteer

13:21 - here at the museum.

13:22 - We have volunteers that

13:24 - help out at the desk as

13:26 - well as who helped lead

13:27 - tours and educational

13:29 - programs dressed in 18th

13:30 - century clothing.

13:32 - Just like I am today if you

13:33 - are interested in learning

13:34 - more about volunteer

13:36 - opportunities or about

13:38 - visiting the museum our

13:39 - hours location and

13:41 - information can be found on

13:43 - our web site.

13:44 - ElizabethtownHistory.org

13:46 - Thank you so much for

13:47 - coming along with me as I

13:49 - gave you a tour around the

13:51 - Winter's Heritage House

13:52 - Museum and we hope to see

13:53 - you soon.