While we’ll be at
the Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival all day tomorrow (Saturday), don’t forget
the event goes on the whole weekend, and offers a lot of attractions. It runs
from 10-5 Saturday and Sunday (at the junction of US 33 and SR 5, south of
Ligonier), and I’m told we’ll be set up at the Stone’s Trace Tavern with our
books. But there’s a lot more going on than a book signing:
Johnny Appleseed
will be wandering around telling stories, and the Stone family itself will be
at the Tavern (as represented by the Theater 33 drama group).
There’ll be a
bagpiper, Punch and Judy puppet show, pioneer games, and face painting, and
continuous entertainment onstage. It’s all for an admission of only $5, with
kids 12 and under free.
The Stone’s Trace
Regulators will be showing off their skills with muzzle loading rifles, knife
and tomahawk throwing, and old time archery. Not to be outdone, soldiers at the
Civil War encampment will have a military field hospital that hopefully won’t
be needed—even though they’ll be firing off cannon over the weekend.
The Village
Blacksmith Shop will do their thing with iron forging, and you can find blanket
traders in the rendezvous reenactment camp.
Handmade pre-1870
era wares will be for sale at the pioneer craft booths, while food vendors fill
your belly and whet your whistle. Believe me, whistles are almost worthless if
they don’t get whet from time to time. I’m thinking that Indian fry bread
sounds awfully good, not to mention the pork burgers.
Just park at the
West Noble Schools across the highway, and catch a free shuttle ride to the
festival—and don’t forget to stop by and say hi to Emily and me. We’ll be the
ones who won’t look very authentic compared to the people who know what they’re
doing. Learn more on the Stone’s Trace Historical Society website:
It sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, but it was an awfully long day.
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