Entries by Gretchen Cope

Schedule of Events for the Frontier Muster and Trade Faire

Saturday, April 29 10:00 a.m.            SAR Wreath Laying Ceremony 10:30 a.m.            The Scots-Irish in Revolutionary America (Visitor Center) 11:00 a.m.            Horseback Riders Headed for Kentucky (Blockhouse Area) 11:30 a.m.            Tory-Patriot Skirmish (Blockhouse Area) 1:00 p.m.              Slave Narrative: Jane’s Story (Dog Trot by Blacksmith Shop) 1:30 p.m.              Cherokee Language Workshop (Micah Swimmer) 2:30 p.m.              Kids Militia […]

Demonstrations at the Frontier Muster and Trade Faire

The Frontier Muster and Trade Faire will be held at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse at Natural Tunnel State Park on Saturday April 29 from 10-5 and Sunday April 30 from 10-3. Demonstrations will include fire-starting, flax processing, cooking, salt-making, tanning, 18th century games, and much more. And with all the English loyalists running around there […]

Railroad Day at Natural Tunnel State Park

          The fourth annual Railroad Day will be Saturday, July 16 from 10am – 3pm. The Tunnel will be open and lit for guests to walk through. Interpreters will also be available to talk about the geology and formation of the natural tunnel. Not only will all of that be taking […]

America’s Frontier History Expedition

Between 1775 and 1795 an estimated 250,000-300,000 people of varying backgrounds, cultures, and social classes made the dangerous journey along the Wilderness Road in the first steps of westward expansion. The Boone Society will be recreating this journey with a handful of riders on horseback. They will begin at Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton, […]