TOURS AND ACTIVITIES

Our visitors have the opportunity to experience the past by "doing" history and exploring our historic structures alone, as a family, with students, or as a large group!
  • All guided tours are personalized and adapted to the age and interests of the participants.
  • Entertaining presentations! Antique organ demonstration, schoolhouse session, along with tour of three homes (including a log cabin), tool shed, chapel, and log office.
  • No Waiting! If a tour is in progress when you arrive, please join the group. To locate a tour in progress, look for the Texas flag in front of a building.

TOUR OPTIONS

Guided Tour - $6.00 per adult, $5.00 per child 3-17, free for children under 3.  Tour Guide leads you through buildings and activities, including two houses not available on self-guided tours.  Very entertaining, award-winning tour.  One-and-one-half hours.
Walking Tour (Self-guided) - $2.00 per adult, $1.00 per child.  You can see several houses on your own.  Come to the office for an introduction to the Village and a Walking Tour packet with map.  Packets and the "stroll toll" donation box are on the porch.
Hands-on Activities Tour - $5.00 per person.  This tour includes numerous activities including plowing, corn shelling, and instruction in writing with a quill pen.  Great for families with small children.
Locked House Tour - $5.00 per person.  Have you seen all you can on your own but want to see more?  Ask the staff which additional buildings are available for Locked House tours.

School Tours

The staff of Millard's Crossing encourage parents and teachers to load up your children, truck on down, and provide them with a glimpse of the past. By studying the past, one may learn to make better decisions in the future. The site is steeped in East Texas history and is an interactive, educational experience that supports the Texas state curriculum, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Groups of Ten or More & Specialty Tours

Please make appointments for groups larger than ten people.  Specialty tours are available by arrangement only.  Please note that "after hours" tours have group minimums as well as a fee increase depending on the group size. 
  • Outdoor picnic, brunch, lunch or dinner tour.
  • After hours wine and cheese tour.
  • Evening tour and dinner theatre.
  • Live entertainment options for specialty tours include: Barbershop Quartet, East Texas Fiddlin', Piano Player, Light Jazz Combo, Square Dance.

ACTIVITIES

Well and Bucket

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Visitors can pull a bucket of water from the well on the Burrows House back porch when the house is open.  There are also a wash pan, a wringer, a "washing machine," a rub board and laundry on the line if you want to have the whole "wash day" experience!

Push Plowing

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There is a push plow leaning against the split rail fence by the square log house.  Plow "Mama's Vegetable Garden" but keep the rows straight or you will get a "whuppin."

Bell Ringing

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There are two bells on the property: one is the large school bell by the Millard-Lee House and the other is the church bell.  Bells were time keepers in the old days to signal when something was about to begin but often served as the 911 system in an emergency.

Quill Pen Writing

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The schoolhouse has ink, quill pens and paper where you can try your skills at penmanship.  Learn the rules of deportment in early day schools.

Corn Shelling

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The children learn the difficulties of shelling corn and the ingenuity it took to make it easier with a corn sheller.