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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 »
Backwoods Virginians and the “First Declaration of Independence”
Posted in "Intolerable Acts", Adam Stephen, American Revolution, civilian militia, Continental Congress, Daniel Morgan, Declaration of Independence, Fort Gower, frontier forts, George Rogers Clark, living history, Lord Dunmore's War, Michael Cresap, Monongahela River, Prickett family, Shawnee, Simon Girty, Simon Kenton, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia frontier, William Crawford, Zackquill Morgan on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are many stories to be told of the earliest days of what is now West Virginia, and most have been told elsewhere already. But one story, which ties the origins of this region to the origins of the nation, deserves to be told more often. It involves a document which, while little known except [...]
beyond the fort walls, a wigwam takes shape
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, Joe Candillo, living history, Michael Ray, Shawnee, Virginia frontier, wigwam on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In recent days a new structure has appeared in a grove of trees within sight of Pricketts Fort, an Eastern Woodlands Indian wigwam. Constructed by Joe Candillo and his father John, members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe, with help from Pricketts Fort staffers Michael Ray (potter & militiaman) and Aaron Bosnick (native interpreter), the work gets [...]
miserable, wet & cold
Posted in Aaron Bosnick, domestic life, flintlock muskets, frontier farming, frontier forts, frontier kitchen, frontier women, Judy Wilson, kitten, Lee Miller, living history, Michael Ray, Monongahela River, Shawnee, sheep, Tom Carson on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A cold wet miserable Saturday morning — just the sort of morning I especially enjoy at the fort, particularly after a long hectic week of school tours and crowds of children. Saturday means no field trips and a cold miserable rain means few visitors to speak of, and a chance to catch up on essential tasks. The passage [...]
living history (within limits)
Posted in flintlock muskets, living history on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the previous post made clear, there are practical limits to recreating the life of the past, whatever the period. I confessed to our resorting to the use of a tractor in plowing our field. But let me explain a little further. We didn’t resort to using a tractor because we lacked the wherewithall to plow the ground according [...]
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Recent Posts
- Fairmont State students write original production about Prickett Cemetery
- 2012 School of the Longhunter comes to Pricketts Fort, April 12-15
- Settling the Western Virginia Backcountry, Part Two
- Scenes from the 18th-century Muzzleloading & Accoutrements Trade Show
- Settling the western Virginia backcountry: part 1
- 18th century Muzzleloading & Accoutrements Trade Show coming to Pricketts Fort, Feb 24-26
- Annual 18th century Christmas Market to run from Fri, Dec 9 to Sun, Dec 11
- Fall Festival & Antiques Fair this weekend at Pricketts Fort, Oct 8 & 9
- A paragon of the old frontier work ethic
- A tale of two cats
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