FARMINGTON — The Farmington Historical Society presents its sixth annual mug featuring C.R. Tyler’s artwork. This year’s mug features “Tracy’s Maple Sap House,” which has been in operation for more than 120 years.

Located on Titcomb Hill, the original sap house was built in the early 1800s. It burned in the late 1800s and was rebuilt across the road. Each spring, sap is collected and boiled down into maple syrup by the Tracy family who bought the farm from a Titcomb descendant in the 1950s.

The first settler, Stephen Titcomb learned how to make “sweet water” from the local Native Americans, around 1780. Using an iron kettle to boil the sap into syrup, the original kettle was found along the banks of the Sandy River by Titcomb’s son. The kettle still resides at the Tracy farm.

Artist C.R. Tyler (1918-2000) was an artist with Knowlton McLeary Printing for 35 years. Tyler combined his love of artwork and history, leaving a legacy of paintings and drawings of Farmington’s past.

Mugs are $14.95 and available at Sugarwood Gallery and the Calico Patch in downtown Farmington.