‘Know where we come from’: Those Were The Days celebrates half-century of preserving heritage
Chugging from threshing machines echoes in the background as dust is kicked up from an emerald green Chevrolet Bel Air.
For a second, one could forget it is 2019 at the Western Development Museum as Those Were The Days takes over the 120-acre site.
Inside the village drugstore, volunteer Patricia Gotto, who is dressed as a nurse from the mid-1900s, greets patrons as they walk through the door. For years, Gotto has attended the event to help keep history alive.