Mountain Man Living History Encampment: Arkansas City, Kansas will be held this year:
Date of the event:April 1-2 2011
At The Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum 31639 US Hwy 77 Arkansas City, KS 67005
Event opens from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Witness pre 1840s fur trade camps, classes in tomahawk throwing, hide tanning, blacksmithing, looming, Classes in making knives, bows, jewelry and powder horns. And, classes about area Native American Cultures during the fur trade era.
Come and visit the trade camps...watch a small pow wow and listen to great Mountain Man stories. Visit the displays of various weapons, matchlock, wheelock, flintlock, atlatl, crossbows, cannon and more.
Engage in conversations and ask questions? Bring the children to experience the events and the sharings.
Annlee Cakes Native American Regaila and Crafts will be there! Come and visit our native crafts styled items like earrings, chokers, belts, hatbands, rattles, dream-catchers, Dance Fans, medicine bags and medicine pouches, bracelets, necklaces, and Ceremonial White Sage will be available, and a whole lot more.
We will also be sharing how to make natural vine dream catchers and seed beading jewelry.
A fun and enjoyable event for the entire family to enjoy!
Crafting and many classes to enjoy! Small Pow Wow Event
-- Edited by Annlee on Thursday 17th of March 2011 03:33:20 AM
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Annlee Cakes 408 East 5th Avenue Arkansas City, Kansas Next door to the Fire department Native American Jewelry and Crafts Wedding Cakes our Specialty......by appointment Phone: 620-441-8656
We had a great encampment and large attendence of the public. I was one of the folks that put on this event. Grouse creek Muzzleloader Club puts this on every year. The club and the museum work together to bring in folks to demostrate how life before 1860 was lived. Truly and Bob had wonderful trade goods. They provided the public with items like the traders at the yearly rendezvous the mountain men would have had access to. We also had demos at the Wichita Indian Village of clay pots by Heather Ferguson and hide scraping by Jim Erb. Rick Hefley showed cooking and building of the grass hut.
We had looming and blacksmiths, how tipis were put up,gun and war club display.Tomahawk throwing demos. and flint knapping. Sewing procedures and quilt sewing. We had cub boy scouts and girl scouts camp and their leaders. A wonderful group. The new Bill Baird Pioneer Farm was educational with Ehor the donkey , chickens, goats. The weather was great. Windy,but that is Kansas. The museum volunteers were wonderful to do whatever needed. We are ready to do it again next year. sharon drake
Crafting and many classes to enjoy!
Small Pow Wow Event
