Annual 18th-century Christmas Market one week-end only this year, from December 11th through the 13th

The annual 18th-century Christmas Market will be held again at Pricketts Fort this year — one weekend only — from December 11th to the 13th.
The Market Area will be set up in the park’s Visitor Center and, along with the Museum Shop, will be open free of charge. Guests can browse quality historic [...]

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Scenes from the Christmas Market

Faithful friend of the Fort, Tom Carson, maintained a keen-eyed vigil through much of the Market, conversing with visitors and directing them from one building to another.

He was assisted at times by his compadre Queen Aliquippa, the ever-present cat-of-the-fort.
Inside the fort, the two main buildings, the Trading Post and the Meeting House, were given over [...]

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Annual 18th Century Christmas Market

Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, the Annual 18th Century Christmas Market returns to Pricketts Fort for two extended weekends: Friday through Sunday, November 28 to 30, and the following weekend, Friday through Sunday, December 5 to 7. Hours are 10 to 5 on Fridays and Saturdays and 12 to 5 on Sundays. [...]

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