Fort Croghan Day

On October 9, we visited Fort Croghan, in Burnet. It's an old Army fort that was only open for three years until the Army was sure that the citizens of Burnet could protect themselves from the neighboring Indians. They have since moved some other period houses to the fort. Once a year, they hold Fort Croghan Day, where you can try living like a pioneer. First up was candlemaking.

Then we made our own rope.

Rope is good for hours of fun!

Then we tried some old fashioned baseball.

We checked out an old gun.

Then we tried out some old fashioned toys. Some coffee can stilts...

A punched tin craft.

We watched a pioneer woman make some gingerbread men in this covered cast iron skillet on the fire.

Finished product - yummy!

Adam was invited to roll his own tortilla - then they cooked it for him on the wood-fired stove.

We washed some clothes.

Scrub, scrub, scrub.

Our last stop was to get educated. The one room schoolhouse was a big hit. Adam and Lottie wanted their own slates to take home.

And we had to try on the dunce cap, of course. It was a fun and busy day - we highly recommend it!