Calendar of Events
General Meetings
General meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month at the farm April-September and at the township office complex (7525 Highland Rd.) November-March. All meetings 7 p.m. unless a potluck is included which is then 6:30. Several times a year we have a speaker in or take a field trip to see a local museum or place of historic interest.
Reminder: Meetings resume at the farm beginning April 12, 2012. The May 10th meeting will be a night to do our annual spring clean-up at the farm.
Board Meetings
Board meetings are now held the Tuesday before the 2nd Thursday at 12:30 at the farm.
Annual Events
September – Annual Kelley-Fisk Farm Festival-Weekend after Labor Day. These have been held since 1986. It is a fun-filled family weekend with lots of entertainment, crafters, food, encampments and some antique autos and tractors. We make homemade apple pie on the premises. This is our major fundraiser for the year which enables us to do our best to maintain the historic building and grounds.
Sharon selling treasures and trinkets at our annual festival.
Opening Ceremony Annual Fisk Farm Festival
Click here to print a copy of the crafter or demonstrator registration form
Ruth Fisk’s wedding gown on display
December – Christmas Open house first full weekend in December Noon-4:00 p.m.. The house is decorated for the season with music in the parlor, goodies in the kitchen and Santa visiting with the children in the sitting room. Presented free of charge to the community for their support throughout the year
Archives -An addition was built onto the school to house handicapped restrooms and archival space. Current archives include 100 years of Milford Times newspapers dating from approximately 1878-1978. In 1990, local historians, Audrey Hunt and Katie Johnson, co-authored In Remembrance, a history of White Late Township and the pioneers who settled it. All of the photos and research associated with this are also in the archives. Use by appointment only.
Field Trips – Schools and scouts are invited to participate in field trips.
Farmhouse Field Trip
Long Ago– This covers pre-historic finds in the area and the culture of the Native Americans. It also illustrates how the families who built and inhabited this farmhouse came to Michigan. Music of the time period will also presented.
Morning at the Farm –Through the use of antiques, we explore living on the farm and the efforts it took just to get up and ready oneself to go to school. Also covered are the chores of the men and women throughout the day.
Recess (kind of)
After the first presentation, the students move to the barn where they will have a chance to expend some excess energy and learn something too! After this, they return to the house for the second presentation. A visit to the schoolhouse in lieu of the barn is an option.
- Who – Primarily grades 2-5
- Dates – Tuesdays or Fridays (other days might be possible )
October-December and March-June
- Times – a.m. and p.m. for 2 ½ hours each. Beginning and ending times are adjusted to your bussing or school hours, but generally ~9-11:30 or 12-2:30
- Cost $ 2.00 per person
Christmas Field Trip
In early to mid December we offer a special 2-hour field trip to allow the children to experience Christmas at the farm. We are very careful to explain that the reason we discuss Christmas is the fact that both families who lived here were practicing Christians and therefore observed Christmas as a special day. This is also $2.00 per person.
School Field Trip
In 1995 we dismantled the Thompson School, moved it to this historic property and reconstructed it. “Day in a One Room School” field trips are now available. Children will experience what it was like to learn in the time period 1876-1910.
- Who – grades K-5
- Dates- September-December and March-June
- Time – A typical school day ran from 9-4, but for our purposes we will run “Day in a One Room School” approximately 9:00-3:00, or whatever your normal hours are.
- Cost minimum $75 or $3.00 per student, whichever is greater
We have access to the curriculums used at several Day in a One Room School Programs. We will loan these out in advance of your trip. We also have available for your use, level 2 Harper’s Readers and reproduction slates. In addition, many of the original texts used in the school are on display.
Farm and school phone number is 248-698-3350, however, since no answering machine is available or regular hours kept at the facilities, phone number is only good for the day of the field trip (approximately one hour before arrival time or after departure).
Other Field Trips
Various other groups can be accommodated on an as requested basis. We have hosted groups of Questers, DAR, senior citizens , blind support groups as well as those who are physically or mentally challenged.
For reservations call Ron Hinman 248-698-9279 or Marge Sawruk 248-698-2737
For Sale
- In Remembrance 300 + page soft cover book $35.00
- Also some small Photo Album books at $5 or 2 for $9 (Vol. I is a general book and Vol. II. honors the history of our police and fire departments)
- Fisk Farm T-shirts $12
- Thompson School baseball caps $10
- Farm Coloring Book $2
In Remembrance
- books are available at the White Lake Township Hall M-F 9-5 in the treasurer’s office and all items are available by calling one of the officers or stopping in at our various annual events.