FRYEBURG, Maine — For eight days each fall, amid the rides, livestock, food stands and bustle of the Fryeburg Fair, there's a place where the pace slows down.
At the Historical Farm Museum, visitors can pump water by hand, watch a blacksmith work a coal forge, see quilts being stitched and socks being spun, sample beans cooked underground and discover how generations before them farmed, cooked, built and made things by hand.
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