is set. It has a quaint feel, with a thriving Main Street that hosts a different festival every month.
“This couple, they had a lot of money and they loved to travel,” says Jenny Hankinson, senior curator of collections at the. Their travel diaries list all the places they went, including Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Texas, Paris, Sweden, Denmark, Hawaii and Japan. “And they would come back and do these big parties and smorgasbord. ... They’d tell people all about what they ate and then try to re-create menus based on that.” That “smorgasbord dinner” was offered for $2.
Get a taste of this period by visiting the two living farms at the Littleton Museum, 6028 South Gallup Street. One is devoted to the 1860s, when Littleton was settled, and the other to the 1890s, when it became an incorporated town. The staff dress up in historic costumes and explain trades and skills from the era. They also maintain the two gardens, pumpkin fields and historically accurate livestock on both farms.
Heading east on the current Main Street takes you down the historic main thoroughfare, where nearly every building has been preserved and has a historic record. Littleton’shas more information on these structures along with photos so you can compare photographs and descriptions of each building's past with their modern-day counterparts.
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