Announcing the 2024 Summer Excavation Opportunity!

Location: Selby Howard Site, Pumpkin Hook, Farmington, New York
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, July 20th and 21st and Saturday and Sunday, July 27th and 28th

Description: The Morgan Chapter will be excavating at the Selby Howard site in Pumpkin Hook located near 1816 Quaker Meeting House, which is a hamlet of Farmington, NY. The site is associated with an African American man who escaped from slavery in 1850. With his wife Harriett he bought a one-acre farm in 1855 for $120 cash. That farm is located a short distance from the site we will be working at. The excavation site is where he ended his days ‘in a cabin in the woods’, according to the Ontario County Times dated December 7, 1881. Selby Howard died in 1885 and lies buried in the cemetery of the 1816 Quaker Meeting House. The chapter excavation will investigate an area which may be the remains of the house in the woods as well as a barn foundation situated near the main road and to recover artifacts that may date them.

Location

The Selby Howard site is in Pumpkin Hook, located near the 1816 Quaker Meeting House, which is a hamlet of Farmington, NY. Specific driving directions will be sent out via email as we get closer to the excavation event.

Registration Fee

  • $10 Student
  • $20 Individual
  • $30 Family Pack (2 or more Members in the same household)

For Family Pack, list the names of other people in your party. Children aged 10 or older are welcome, but if under 16 years old, they must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

To Register

You must be an active member of the Morgan Chapter to participate. Memberships are available to anyone 12 years of age or older. Please fill out the attached PDF registration form; if you are not currently a member, please also fill out the attached membership form.

All registration forms must be received by Friday, July 12th.

Payment Method

For registration and membership, mail check to Lori Hunt, 2 Ryder Cup Cir, Pittsford NY 14534. Make checks payable to Lewis H. Morgan Chapter, NYSAA and include payment for all required fees.

Questions

If you have questions regarding registration, membership status, or the event, please send them to [email protected]

We look forward to your participation in the 2024 excavation opportunity!