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Prairie Days
Full of Historic Demonstrations
Come to Prairie Days at Shawnee Prairie Preserve on Saturday, September
27th from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, September 28th from 12:00pm to
5:00pm and check out all of the free demonstrations occurring around
the festival grounds. There are many new attractions this year as
well as the return of your annual favorites. You can see apple
butter being made over an open fire or help make fresh apple cider on a
cider press. Wander through the encampment area and catch a
glimpse of various camping styles from the late 18th century including
anything from diamond flies to wall tents. Check out the
assortment of tools from the era that the longhunters and other
woodsmen would have traveled with on their journeys. You can also
watch the campers compete in several camp competitions including a
tomahawk and knife throwing contest. Visit the trading post, see wooden
shingles being made or take a look at a display of 18th century
firearms.
As you continue your stroll around the grounds, you will see
blacksmiths at work, a beekeeper tending to honeybees, lye soap being
made, a dugout canoe in the process of being completed and corn
shredding demonstrations from antique farm machinery. Outside of
the log house, you will see various pioneer demonstrations throughout
each day. Butter Making, Flint Knapping, Leather Working and
Pioneer Clothing are just a few you may see. As you head inside the log
house, you will find pioneers cooking over the hearth while others are
busy weaving, quilting, tatting and using alpaca and sheep’s wool for
yarn work. Don’t forget to wander into the school house where the
school marm will bring you back to the disciplines of the one room
school house of yesteryear. School will be in session all day
along with a Spelling Bee at 1pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Bring the entire family out to Prairie Days to see firsthand many of
the skills that may not be so common anymore, but were vital to
everyday life in days gone by. This year we also welcome the Western
Ohio Gourd Patch as they will have several vendors that will have their
goods on display. For more information on everything that Prairie
Days has to offer, call the Nature Center at 937.548.0165 or visit our
website at www.darkecountyparks.org
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