LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center
to host Pioneer Day Saturday
10/16/03

Have you ever seen a blacksmith work his craft? Have you ever seen a stone arrowhead being made? Have you ever seen the fashions of yesteryear? The LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center’s Seventh Annual Pioneer Day will give you the chance Saturday (Oct. 18) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be quilters, woodworking, music, living historians and more.

The Pioneer Heritage Center gives insight into the intimate home life of the settlers and the natural environment in which they struggled to survive. Do not expect “history under glass.” This is a folk life event, and we hope to see you there.

Admission donation to get in is: $2 adults, $1 for any student (kindergarten - college), children under age 5 free.

Participants include: Glenn Pettiet (Jubal Pearson) - Pioneer campsite and survival skills; Jan Pettiet - Yesterday’s Lady - 1850s attire and displays and discussions of authentic period clothing; Reddshanks - Scottish campsite, Scottish music, genealogy and historical information; Bill Atteridge - Civil and Korean War Naval Museum - master model ship builder, display and histories of ships; Michael L. Baker – Blacksmithing; Gail Fleetwood - The Soap Lady/Sundial Farms - Dried herbs, spices and soap making demonstration; Jim Wasner - Wood Shack - Antique and old time woodworking tool demonstration; Martha Anderson - Story telling; Red River Quilters – Quilting; North Louisiana Woodcarvers Association - Wood carving; West’s Battery - 1860’s artillery drill - cannon fired every hour, and Live Americana Music.