NORWAY — Visitors to the Jake Menghini Historical Museum traveled back in time Sunday, as Dickinson County youth demonstrated what it was like to live and work during the Colonial era. Dressed in period clothing, young students opened a market that showcased their handmade crafts at the conclusion of the Early American Camp, hosted by the Friends of the Jake Menghini Museum.

“Students from fourth through sixth grade spent all week learning about what it was like during the 1700s and 1800s,” instructor and Friends member Carol Sundstrom said. Each day, children did hands-on projects that focused on techniques used during that time. They made candles, lanterns, baskets, paper, fans and even remedy bags for sleeping. “They discovered that people had to make everything by hand,” Sundstrom exp

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