~ ADAMS COUNTY HERITAGE DAYS ~
Photo by Tom Cross
Adams County Heritage Days 2015 Program
Period dress welcome!
Friday, September 25
Parking for Friday $5 per car, free with Hog Roast Ticket
9 AM to 12 PM Adams County School Children Program – not open to public
9 AM to 11 AM Setup: vending, displays, demonstrations
1 PM Activities begin – Welcome to Heritage Days
Vendors, displays and demonstrations in place and operating
Demonstrations – continuing thru the afternoon
Food items for sale
Featuring Grassy Run Re–enactors
Tours of the Wilson Homes and Grounds 2 to 3 PM.
5:00 PM Hog Roast Dinner tickets are $10 adults and $5 child
5:00 to 6:30 PM Music and Fire Pit – Bring your own lawn chairs
String music by local musicians: Jerry Naylor, Dale Grooms, and group
7:00 PM Special Musical Presentation: Bev Carroll
Saturday, September 26
Parking for Saturday $5 per car
10 AM Activities begin – Welcome to Heritage Days
Old time food and hog roast items for sale thru out day
Muzzle Loader firing contest registration and discussion of rules at 10 AM
(period dress-type attire required to participate)
2 Competition Divisions: smooth bore and rifle
Tours of Wilson Homes and Grounds: 10 to 11:30 AM and 1 to 4 PM
Pioneer Activities and Demonstrations during the day:
Featuring Gassy Run Re-enactor activities
Book author presentation
Candle making
Period vendors
Old time musicians
Quilting and weaving demonstration by Scrappy Quilters
Civil War Medicine and Surgery – Al Lewis
Native American re-enactor and archery demonstration
Native American artifact display
Historical tractor and equipment display
History Presentations (barn presentation area):
11:00 AM: Amy Queen – John T. Wilson
11:30 AM: Nancy Atkinson – Patsy McIntyre and the Underground Railroad
12:00 Musket shooting contest winners and awards
12:30 PM: Paula Wright, author – discussing the book, “Gist’s Promised Land”
1:00 PM: Nina Couser – Ellen Couser, housekeeper for John T. Wilson
1:30 PM: Bill Stephenson – History of Tranquility and Scott Township
5 PM activities end
Exhibitors and vendors:
Friends of Serpent Mound
Book author
Blacksmith handmade item sales
Hog roast items for sale
Native American artifacts
Cocoa Rose Adams County Keepsake Sales
Antique jars
Jelly and Jams
Leather/ furs
Jewelry
Knives
Wooden toys
Ohio Gourd Society
Rocks
Drums
Quilts
Maple syrup
Honey
Note: Tractor wagon shuttle available to/from parking to displays
