46 Bridge Street
Northampton
MA 01060
A bit of history will come to life in Northampton on Tuesday, January 23rd.
Forester and oxen driver Tom Jenkins of Blue Dog Forestry in Westhampton will bring his oxen “Rock” and “Star” to Historic Northampton for an 11 a.m. outdoor demonstration on oxen logging. Before the invention of modern log-hauling equipment, horses and oxen were the primary means of moving heavy logs in the woods, only being supplanted by mechanized equipment in the years after World War II.
After the 45-minute presentation, Rock and Star will drag logs from Historic Northampton at 46 Bridge Street down Bridge Street to 33 Hawley Street. Everyone is invited to join the parade and follow.
The logs that he will be dragging are from two white pine trees that were taken down last week at Historic Northampton. The trees, which were about 40 years old, were removed in preparation of solar panels being installed on the roof of the museum’s Damon Education Center.
Jenkins works as a private forester and has been logging with oxen for more than a decade.
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