GEORGETOWN
The fifth- and sixth-grade students of Georgetown Central School did a project about a family called the Traftons.
We came upon this family because we were trying to build a fence around our garden, as deer were eating our produce. We discovered a foundation, which turned out to belong to a family named Trafton.
At the Georgetown Historical Society we had a bunch of Georgetown students do presentations on the farm and the family. There were a lot of good presentations and all of them were done by kids of Georgetown’s fifth and sixth grades.
Presentations included: Introduction by Emma Roth- Wells, Emily Martin and Dory Kulis; Trafton Farm No. 1 by Mollie Crosby; Trafton Farm No. 2 by Joseph Rice; Photos by Dory Kulis; Trafton Farm skit by Wyatt Hudson and Sheamus Man; Measurements by Joey Cholish; Power Point by Alden Harkins, Wyatt Pinkham and Jack Mcdiarmid; Graveyard by Mollie Crosby; Conclusion by Emily Martin and Emma Roth-Wells; Questions and Answers by Austin Magliozi; and Interview Presentation by Reid Barrabe and Kenny Bassett.
The GHS has invited us to come back when we have done more research on the Trafton Family. We are planning to work with an archaeologist from the University of Southern Maine to dig up items from the farm, and may even rebuild the family’s burial plot as a service project for our school.
We had a lot of fun doing this project and we learned a lot!
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