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 »
Strolling through the old camp ground: scenes from the Civil War Weekend at Pricketts Fort
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, camp life, Civil War, Jacob's Meadow Battery, Jones Imboden Raid, Kimberly Miller, Lee Miller, Michael Ray on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In this 150th anniversary year of the commencement of the Civil War, shades of the Blue & Gray were recently seen on the “Old Camp Ground” at Pricketts Fort. Activities included ladies’ tea & tatting, artillery demonstrations by the Jacob’s Meadow Battery, weapons demonstrations, Civil War dance demonstrations, Civil War music by Wha-ke-we-nn, and various [...]
Annual 18th Century Christmas Market comes to Pricketts Fort, December 10-12
Posted in Christmas Market, Judy Wilson, Kimberly Miller, powderhorn, Queen Aliquippa, Wild Willy Frankfort on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Annual 18th Century Christmas Market comes to Pricketts Fort again this year, December 10th through the 12th, from 10 am to 4:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 4:30 pm on Sunday. Quality traditional crafts and products will be for sale in the Visitor Center; live traditional music will be provided [...]
Scenes from the Christmas Market
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Christmas Market, Judy Wilson, Kimberly Miller, Michael Ray, Okey Simmons, Queen Aliquippa, Tom Carson, Wild Willy Frankfort, winter on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Despite the blustery winter weather, the annual Pricketts Fort Christmas Market was very well attended this year. At least, the indoor market was well attended. On that first day in particular, when the raw wind whipping across the open field between the Visitor’s Center and the Fort put one in mind of the Siberian steppes, [...]
Ancestral Wars
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Chief Logan, civilian militia, Jacob Prickett, Kimberly Miller, Lee Miller, Lord Dunmore's War, Mingo, Okey Simmons, Prickett family, Shawnee, Tom Carson, Zackquill Morgan on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 25th, Memorial Day, Pricketts Fort held observances in memory of the men from Pricketts Fort who served in the following wars: the French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Uprising, Lord Dunmore’s War and the American Revolution. The ceremony also memorialized the descendents of these men who served in the Civil War. At the time [...]
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