The Franklin market is extending its 2022 season. After 20 weekly summer markets, organizers will hold two monthly markets to round out the year. The market has migrated from its summer venue to the heated Franklin Railroad and Community Museum and Community Center, 554 Main Street.
As usual, the markets will be Sundays, but only on second Sundays of each month. The pre-Thanksgiving market will be Nov. 13 and the pre-Christmas market will be Dec. 11. The winter markets will be an hour shorter, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Vendors from Franklin and neighboring towns will sell beef, chicken eggs, herbs, honey; beeswax products, fudge, cashew brittle, decoupage, garlic, goat milk soap, gourmet marshmallows, herbal salves and creams, honey, jams and jellies, jewelry and scarves, maple syrup and candies, meat rubs and spice mixes, mushrooms, preserves, a variety of vegetable, relishes, and sunflower oil. For current offerings consult the Facebook page of the market: facebook.com/FranklinNYFarmersMarket
The museum chronicles the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad (1868 to 1957), which ran through Franklin from the New York City metro on the Atlantic Ocean to the city of Oswego on Lake Ontario. The centerpiece of these exhibits is the meticulously-restored Warwick Official Car 30, the executive jet of its age. In addition, history of the village and town of Franklin is display. franklinrrcommmuseum.com
Exhibits at the museum are not scheduled to be opened during the markets. However, they will be open the last Sunday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment - call 607-829-2692 or email franklinrrcommmuseum@gmail.com The museum will be open for the Franklin Christmas Stroll Saturday, Dec. 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The entire village of Franklin is on the National Historic Registry, and a self-guided walking tour is available. Franklin is situated on state Highway 357, part of the historic Catskill to Susquehanna Turnpike, which in the early 1800s was a main route from the Hudson River landings to the western frontier at the Susquehanna River.
