Posted in Fall Rendezvous, Larry Spisak, Lee Miller, Nancy Utt, Ronnie Utt, domestic life, mountain music on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the frontier supper was drawing to a close, with dishes and plates being cleared away, the night descended across forest and fort. But inside the Meeting House all was good cheer, with lanterns and candles spreading an atmospheric glow.
As the revelers cleared away the tables for dancing, the musicians were taking up [...]
Posted in Cordelia Spencer, Fall Rendezvous, Judy Wilson, domestic life 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 [...]
Posted in Fall Rendezvous, camp life, powderhorn on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some candid shots of life in camp, during the recent Fall Rendezvous. In addition to clothing, all camping gear and methods must be correct to the mid- to late-18th century (1700s). The original Pricketts Fort was built in 1774.
Posted in Fall Rendezvous, Okey Simmons, pumpkins on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our present-day custom of carving pumpkins and lighting them with candles originated with the Irish folktale of “Stingy Jack” who, because of his mean-spiritedness and general knavery, was banished from Heaven and, because he had tricked the Devil, was not even permitted to make his home in Hell, but was doomed to wander the benighted regions [...]
Posted in Fall Rendezvous on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over this coming weekend, October 24 to 26, an 18th century encampment, known as the Fall Rendezvous, will take around and within Pricketts Fort. This is one of the two or three optimum times for truly stepping back into the past at Pricketts Fort, for not only will you find the usual living-history activities taking [...]
