Clarkesville History Harvest

In honor of Clarkesville’s Bicentennial this year, the Clarkesville Bicentennial Committee, in conjunction with Clarkesville Main Street, will be creating the City’s first ever History Harvest event. 

An idea originally formed by professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a History Harvest is a history-centered day where the community brings old photographs, artifacts, and stories to one location in order to help document and preserve our local history. Oral history interviews, photographs of artifacts, and digitized photos that are “harvested” on this day will then be placed on an educational website for the public to use as a free resource for learning about our local history. In order to promote attendance and active participation, the History Harvest will be held on the Mauldin House and Garden property in Clarkesville (across from the Library) and will also include local author book signings, artisan demonstrators, food trucks, music, hayrides, prizes, and more, all from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, October 28.

You do have to sign up for oral history interview slots in advance by calling the Mauldin House, but all interviews will take place on October 28.

If you participate in an oral history interview, bring an item to be photographed and documented, or bring a photograph to be scanned, your name will be entered into a drawing for a prize basket!