Thank you to all the readers who submitted entries. Poole Forge will select five entries and post them at the Ironmaster’s Mansion. The next two weekends, visitors to the Christmas at the Ironmaster’s event will judge them for a People’s Choice Award as they tour the grounds and read the postings. The winner will be posted in the December 18 issue of my column in the Tri County Record and online at www.TriCountyRecord.com paper. The prize is “Hearth and Heritage Along the Conestoga”, a book with a collection of traditions, country recipes and local stories written with the collaboration of the volunteers of Historic Poole Forge of Churchtown and the Ladies Auxiliary of Caernarvon Fire Company.

Again, thank you to everyone who participated in this event. Please read, enjoy, and share these wonderful stories.

Traditions created through the years