Lake County celebrates agricultural roots at 23rd annual Farm Heritage Festival
Lake County celebrated its agricultural roots this weekend as the Forest Preserve District held its 23rd annual Farm Heritage Festival.
The family friendly two-day event held at Lakewood Forest Preserve and the Lake County Discovery Museum near Wauconda featured hundreds of antique tractors, cars, engines and other farm machinery.
Daily sheep herding and threshing demonstrations, live music, a tractor parade, a petting zoo, scarecrow making and wagon rides were some of the event's other highlights.
Andrew Quagliana, 5, of Lake Zurich hangs laundry after washing clothes on a washboard Sunday during the 23rd annual Farm Heritage Festival Sunday at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda. The event, sponsored by the Lake County Farm Heritage Association Inc., highlights the agricultural lifestyle and history of the county.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Ron Thompson of the Lake County Farm Heritage Association drives the barrel train Sunday during the 23rd Annual Farm Heritage Festival Sunday at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda. The event, sponsored by the Lake County Farm Heritage Association Inc., highlights the agricultural lifestyle and history of the county.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Joe Dupont rests on a bench during the 23rd Annual Farm Heritage Festival Sunday at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda. The event, sponsored by the Lake County Farm Heritage Association Inc., highlights the agricultural lifestyle and history of the county.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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