Busy days at Pricketts Fort ahead of the annual Fall Festival scheduled for this weekend. A mountain of newly-split hardwood has stacked inside the fort; corn shocks erected, brought in the from the field outside the palisade; pumpkins, squash, gourds, beans & corn hung up inside the storehouse, brass kettles scrubbed and set [...]
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Preparations afoot for Fall Festival
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Strolling through the Fall Festival at Pricketts Fort
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Cordelia Spencer, Fall Festival, Greg Bray, Judy Wilson, Lee Miller, Okey Simmons, Shawnee, Tom Carson, Virginia frontier, applebutter, autumn, bear fat, blacksmithing, civilian militia, domestic life, frontier forts, frontier women, harvest, living history, powderhorn, re-enacting, wigwam on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fall Festival & Antique Fair at Pricketts Fort, October 11-12
Posted in Fall Festival, applebutter, candle-making, corn, soap-making, tomahawk-throwing on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are on the lookout for some early fall color and are planning to take a scenic drive along the backroads between Morgantown and Fairmont, West Virginia this coming weekend, do consider dropping by Pricketts Fort when you are out and about, and take in our annual Fall Festival.
In a beautiful, peaceful [...]
