Come join the fun at the Prairie Trails Museum in Corydon on Saturday, Oct. 3! It’s time for the Eighth Annual Fall Pioneer Festival at the Museum’s Heritage Barn, a celebration of our pioneer heritage and days gone by.
Would you like to learn how things were made years ago? There will be a variety of people demonstrating almost forgotten crafts. You can learn how a rope was woven or try your hand at weaving a rug on the loom with the help of Joan Byrns and Christie McDonald. Watch as Betty Bear and Gwendolyn Lohmann spin wool into thread. Enjoy a lesson from Paul Gunzenhauser, shown at left, in crafting shaker boxes. Blacksmith Jim Ratliff will have the forge hot as he bends iron into useful or decorative items.
Old fashioned games and pumpkin painting are just some of the fun activities for children. There will be several chances to win a delectable treat in a cake walk. A calk walk will be held each time there are enough participants to fill the circle in front of the barn. And don’t forget your ticket for a chance to win one of the hourly door prizes.
In the afternoon Welcome We Help will have ice cream and brownies or cake. Proceeds from sales will benefit activities of Welcome We Help.
Wayne Community High School Tag Students will be pressing fresh apple cider, have a glass or take home a jug for later. Proceeds from this activity will benefit the Wayne High School Tag Program.
Always a crowd favorite, horse-drawn wagon rides will begin at 3:30 p.m. Ron Redmond and Mauretta Perryman will bring a team and bright red wagon this year. Brenda Hebl, Cambria will also have her horse and carriage on the north side of the barn to load and unload passengers.
After an enjoyable afternoon we hope you have worked up an appetite because beginning at 5:30 p.m. a chuck wagon meal of grilled pork or roast beef, salad, baked beans and drink will be served by Burton and Linda Prunty with a suggested donation of $7
Shane and Natalie Brown of Seymour will round the evening entertaining with a mix of country and gospel songs. This husband and wife team recently made a CD of some of their music.
Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a wonderful fall afternoon at the Prairie Trails Museum.
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