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Frontier Days rolls back the time to the 1850, May 9, 2020
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Explore previous events FB: Trinity County Arts Alive
The entire Schedule of Events can be downloaded or viewed.
Explore previous events FB: Trinity County Arts Alive
'Frontier Days'
May 9, 2020
May 9, 2020
Touching History at Weaverville’s Frontier Days.
Roll back time to the 1850s for the 3rd annual Weaverville Frontier Days!
Join in the festivities on May 9, from 10am -4pm.
Roll back time to the 1850s for the 3rd annual Weaverville Frontier Days!
Join in the festivities on May 9, from 10am -4pm.
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Opening the day with ceremony, the Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Nation invites guests to join in village life at the Highland Art Center Meadow. Sweat lodge, cedar bark tipi, furs, regalia, artifacts, drumming, medicinal plant walks, stories and Indian Tacos served all day.
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Up the lane, the Jake Jackson Museum will be busy with tinkering blacksmiths, gold panning for riches, interactive outdoor exhibits, and sultry mountain characters from 11-3. The Museum will also be presenting “Early Postal History” from 3-4, across the street at the Trinity Congregational Church Parish Hall.
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At high noon, join the US Forest Service for a mule packing demonstration and information session followed by original cowboy poetry. Served all day in the Highland Art Center Meadow, the Weaverville Rotary BBQ will be selling food so be sure to get some good grub!
Across the way, the Joss House State Historic Park spotlights the rich Chinese history, influences, and architecture in Weaverville. Distinguished by the Taoist temple, the park is laden with symbols of ancient deities, Chinese novelties, and speaks to the resilience of people by continuing to be a place of active worship. Tours are available, on the hour, all day long and docents will lead calligraphy workshops, coloring, and extra activities for guests from 11-4.
Up the hill, the Young Family Ranch homestead welcomes you to life on the farm. Stock animals, goat milking, water witching, and hand crank ice cream demonstrations are just part of the midday fun at home. These activities and “Pot Luck Pies” sales go from 12:00-2:30.
Next door, the quiet neighbors hold the history of our town. The Weaverville Cemetery is cloaked in pioneer names and hidden stories of those early explorers. Take a hunt with the Weaverville Cemetery Association at 12:30 and 2:00, to find old graves, remarkable etchings, and make your own tombstone rubbings.
Back downtown, merchants will be dressed to impress an element of old time mercantile to the patron. Staged in the battered brick buildings of the late 1800’s, the mysterious weight of history is alive and thriving in the merchant district. One never knows when a poker game, a bar fight, a stolen apple, the mule train, or a heated conversation about the “Chinese Tunnels” may come up! Step through and enjoy the scene.
Across the way, the Joss House State Historic Park spotlights the rich Chinese history, influences, and architecture in Weaverville. Distinguished by the Taoist temple, the park is laden with symbols of ancient deities, Chinese novelties, and speaks to the resilience of people by continuing to be a place of active worship. Tours are available, on the hour, all day long and docents will lead calligraphy workshops, coloring, and extra activities for guests from 11-4.
Up the hill, the Young Family Ranch homestead welcomes you to life on the farm. Stock animals, goat milking, water witching, and hand crank ice cream demonstrations are just part of the midday fun at home. These activities and “Pot Luck Pies” sales go from 12:00-2:30.
Next door, the quiet neighbors hold the history of our town. The Weaverville Cemetery is cloaked in pioneer names and hidden stories of those early explorers. Take a hunt with the Weaverville Cemetery Association at 12:30 and 2:00, to find old graves, remarkable etchings, and make your own tombstone rubbings.
Back downtown, merchants will be dressed to impress an element of old time mercantile to the patron. Staged in the battered brick buildings of the late 1800’s, the mysterious weight of history is alive and thriving in the merchant district. One never knows when a poker game, a bar fight, a stolen apple, the mule train, or a heated conversation about the “Chinese Tunnels” may come up! Step through and enjoy the scene.
McFadin's metal mritters patrol his yard on legs of wrenches, perch on fences, hang from trees. A “Spadosaurus” looks fierce. He likes to keep the tools and equipment in the pieces recognizable. Fortunately, his wife Tracy doesn’t mind that the yard is populated with them. “She likes ’em,” McFadin said. “So that’s helpful.”
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Last year’s event was such a blast that we are gearing up for March 7, 2020.
Tammie of “Tammie’s Books” is primed to turn her parking lot into a metal sculpture lot. We are selling a "square formed rusty nail" as a stir stick in a Rusty Nail drink!! Most of the texture will be knocked off, they will be run through a dishwasher and soaked in alcohol. |
So, belly-up to the bar and join us for a brew (punch, fruit juice, or soda) with a real Rusty Nail. Music and dancing will round out the day, prelude to the March Art Cruise that starts at 5pm. If you are a metal artist, contact the Trinity Arts Council to secure a space. Email: art@trinityarts.com.
Article borrowed from Amy Gittelsohn; The Trinity Journal / Revised for 2020-jr
Article borrowed from Amy Gittelsohn; The Trinity Journal / Revised for 2020-jr
