Visitors to Pricketts Fort on Saturday, May 14th, were able to witness an archaic activity from the eighteenth century which, in its essentials, has changed little from Biblical times: the manufacture of a woolen garment from sheep to finished product First, the shearing of the sheep with hand shears, resulting at the end of the [...]
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From sheep to shawl: visitors witness an ancient art
Posted in Cordelia Spencer, Judy Wilson, Kimberly Miller, Michael Ray, sheep on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A meal to remember . . .
Posted in Cordelia Spencer, domestic life, Fall Rendezvous, Judy Wilson on November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was indeed a meal to remember, one of the most delicious and satisfying I have had ever, yet typical male that I am, I can’t actually remember the individual dishes very clearly, so I trust some of the ladies who were there will help me out. I got a list of the dishes afterwards [...]
Strolling through the Fall Festival at Pricketts Fort
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, applebutter, autumn, bear fat, blacksmithing, civilian militia, Cordelia Spencer, domestic life, Fall Festival, frontier forts, frontier women, Greg Bray, harvest, Judy Wilson, Lee Miller, living history, Okey Simmons, powderhorn, re-enacting, Shawnee, Tom Carson, Virginia frontier, wigwam on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »













































