Girl Scouts came to the Hutchings Museum Institute to earn the Girl Scout Badge “Playing the Past”.  Girls and their leaders dressed up in bonnets, aprons, and dresses as they learned about frontier life. It was a cold evening and they got to experience the Austin Family log cabin and think about life in a harsh winter with no central heating.

They learned about different chores that children had to help their families.  Washing clothes, candle making, carting wool, and making butter.  The girls played marbles, learned to use morse code, and spent some time in jail.