You have entered a camp but there is something amiss.
There are no nylon tents, propane stoves or Tiki torches. In-
stead what you see are ivory smoke stained tents made of
canvas. The smell of campfire smoke drifts through the air
and the sound of music can be heard from somewhere
nearby,
and the people around you are wearing clothing you haven‘t
seen since you last opened a history book.
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Historic Time Line again a success
(This is an excerpt as printed in the Democrat News on Wednesday April 16, 2008)
Another Historic Time Line has passed and despite the harsh weather it
was once again a success. Thursday brought strong storms and tornado
warnings to the area. Friday and Saturday we were hit with unseasonably cold
weather. Sunday we faced more heavy rain causing standing water in the park
as the ground was saturated. A decision was made Sunday morning to cancel
Sunday's events for the safety of the participants and visitors. We also wanted
to minimize the impact on the park.
There was six states represented this year. They came from Missouri,
Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Iowa, and Wisconsin. There were a total of 35
Camps this year down somewhat from last year due to poor weather and
flooding. Also there were another 53 day demonstrators, food vendors, cars,
tractors, etc, for a total of 88. Last year we had a total of 96, not too bad
considering the weather. We estimated that approximately 1000 people walked
through the event Saturday.
The following people were winners of the raffle drawing, Matt Varmum won
the small set of cooking irons donated by Franklin Forge, the $25.00 Gift
Certificate donated by Carr House Antiques of Caledonia and the Knife
donated by Devin Mikuleza of Black Bear Haversack Trading Post. Cecile
Tuller won the Cowboy set of cooking Irons donated by Franklin Forge and the
Grandma basket donated by Mary Manning in memory of Frankie Rosener.
Lauren Boland won the toy basket donated by Mary Manning in memory of
Frankie Rosener. John Boone won the gun-powder donated by the Historic
Time-line Committee and the flower basket donated by Mary Manning in
memory of Frankie Rosener. Bob Boland won the painting donated by Bobbie
Jo Johnson of Twisted Art Vine, Dan Bullock won the powder horn, ball bag
and shooting bag donated by Kevin Mikuleza of Black Bear Haversack trading
Post. Ruth Ann Skaggs won the Small basket donated by woven Together
Caskets. Becky Grey won the $100.00 Wedding gown gift certificate donated
by Second Thoughts Resale Shop. Madison County Sheltered Workshop won
two jars of pure honey donated by Laura, Abbey and Libby Money of
Moon-Bee Honey.
We were able this year to raise enough money to buy the Madison County
Sheltered Workshop a Husqvarna 48" cut, hydrostatic drive lawn tractor with a
23 hp Briggs and Straton engine from
Madison County Farm Supply, Inc.
This was a very much needed
piece of equipment as they
are now maintaining their own grounds.
We are already beginning preparations for nest year's
event. The dates will be March 28 & 29 2009.
For all of your questions and
comments please contact us. Fill
out the form below or call.
Jeff "Packy" Lake or Tim Dane
573 - 783 - 3662 573 - 783 - 8686
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