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| Walker Frontier Fest |
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Saturday
September 5, 2009
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Walker Tavern, Brooklyn
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Weaver Ni Gordon brings a demonstration of this traditional craft to Walker Frontier Fest.
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Come to Sylvester Walker's popular 19th-century inn on the historic Chicago Road for a day exploring southern Michigan's pioneer heritage. Kids will enjoy traditional games, like hoop races and watermelon seed-spitting contests.
Visitors will enjoy demonstrations of pioneer skills and "lost arts," including:
- spinning wool into thread
- crafting clay into pots
- tanning hides
- Ukrainian egg painting
- paper cutting
- woodworking
Admission to Walker Tavern's Frontier Fest:
$3 - age 13 and older
$1 - age 5 to 12
Free - up through age 4
For more information, please send us an e-mail or telephone (517) 467-4401; TDD (517) 373-1592.
Walker Tavern—part of the Michigan Historical Museum System and the MotorCities National Heritage Area—is located 35 miles west of Ann Arbor, in Cambridge Junction State Park; a Michigan State Parks motor-vehicle permit is not required for entry to this museum site. Here's more information about how to find Walker Tavern.
Updated 03/05/2009
Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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