January 26, 2013, Saturday - Bonanza Family Day at Mill City Museum

Times: Noon to 3:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Bonanza Family Day

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

Learn about the giant wheat farms of the Red River Valley called bonanza farms. Performer Steve Stark will tell stories of the farms while drawing illustrations in front of guests. Enjoy a History Player performance by Mary Dodge Woodward, a domestic farm manager and diarist; create a book documenting the steps wheat goes through from the field to the table; go on a museum scavenger hunt to discover stories of the bonanza farm era; and taste a fresh-baked treat in the Baking Lab from the Bagg Bonanza Farm Heirloom Cookbook.