Brownsville’s annual Carriage Me Back celebration will provide attendees a chance to step back in time to 1909 this weekend, May 3-4.
The festival is a fundraiser for the Linn County Historical Museum and the Moyer House, which are owned and operated by Linn County.
In 1909, the 20th century is well underway and progress and problems are everywhere. Relative peace in the world allows for the flourishing of arts and culture.
Isadora Duncan is dancing in the Moyer House and Sigmund Freud is wandering the town talking about psychoanalysis. The great Ocean-to-Ocean Automobile Endurance Contest has just finished. Could one of the drivers be in town?
Suffragettes are being heckled on the street as they stump for a woman’s right to vote. Businessmen are promoting tariffs on goods from other countries to fend off the influx of cheap foreign products. The price of eggs is going up! Mysteries of the occult are very popular and that might explain the crystal ball in the Moyer House dining room!
Times are changing, and this new century is going to be a doozy.
Enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride around town, be entertained by skits based on history and flavored with artistic license before being dropped at the Moyer House for more entertainment.
Admission is $15 for adults; $5 for children under 12; $225 for a full carriage of 20 people. Cash, check or credit cards are accepted.
Reservations are highly recommended.
For reservations, call the Linn County Historical Museum at (541) 466-3390, or stop by the Linn County Museum at 101 Park Ave, in Brownsville, open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday.