Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival Sept. 7-8
August 5, 2024 at 8:28 p.m.
LIGONIER - Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival and Regulators Rendezvous is Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone's Trace, located 1 ½ miles south of Ligonier at the junction of U.S. 33 and Ind. 5.
Parking will be at West Noble High School with shuttle busses ready to transport visitors across the highway to the festival.
The 51St fall festival will feature the frontiersmen and pioneers of northeastern Indiana with longhunters, black powder rifle and tomahawk skills, primitive archery, Native American re-enactors, craft demonstrators and vendors, 1812 re-enactors, Civil War encampment with trip civil war musuem, military field hospital and mortician.
A large variety of food is available on site: ham & beans, a pioneer staple, served with com bread, chicken thigh on stick, apple fritters, homemade chocolate candy, pork burgers, pie, Indian fry bread, potato fries, ice cream, kettle com, coffee shop and root beer.
Stay all day and listen to the music of the American heritage: Mark & Liza, Hand Hewn, Applejack Cloggers, The Browns, plus Inclognito Cloggers.
Participate in kid-oriented activities in the children's area, including face painting, pony wagon rides, scavenger hunt, Punch & Judy show, and many hands-on activities.
Listen to the bagpiper and march to the flag-raising and -lowering each day.
Visit the Civil War area with General Grant, General Lee, General Stone Wall Jackson, and President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, the military field hospital and mortician.
Plus you stop by President William H. Harrison to listen to him talk about the Whig party of the 1840.
Bargain with the blanket traders in the rendezvous encampment. Talk to Johnny Appleseed as he strolls about the site. Visit with the demonstrators and re-enactors to learn about living in pre-1870 Indiana.
Come and see Laura Supinger as she re-creates the 18th century way of life, with a heavy focus on cooking and the life of the pioneer woman.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on while enjoying the entertainment. No household pets are allowed.
Admission is $8 per person age 12 and up. Children 11 and under free. Credit Card accepted with 3% fee will be applied. Handicapped-accessible on site and at the high school.
For more information, visit www.stonestrace.com.
LIGONIER - Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival and Regulators Rendezvous is Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone's Trace, located 1 ½ miles south of Ligonier at the junction of U.S. 33 and Ind. 5.
Parking will be at West Noble High School with shuttle busses ready to transport visitors across the highway to the festival.
The 51St fall festival will feature the frontiersmen and pioneers of northeastern Indiana with longhunters, black powder rifle and tomahawk skills, primitive archery, Native American re-enactors, craft demonstrators and vendors, 1812 re-enactors, Civil War encampment with trip civil war musuem, military field hospital and mortician.
A large variety of food is available on site: ham & beans, a pioneer staple, served with com bread, chicken thigh on stick, apple fritters, homemade chocolate candy, pork burgers, pie, Indian fry bread, potato fries, ice cream, kettle com, coffee shop and root beer.
Stay all day and listen to the music of the American heritage: Mark & Liza, Hand Hewn, Applejack Cloggers, The Browns, plus Inclognito Cloggers.
Participate in kid-oriented activities in the children's area, including face painting, pony wagon rides, scavenger hunt, Punch & Judy show, and many hands-on activities.
Listen to the bagpiper and march to the flag-raising and -lowering each day.
Visit the Civil War area with General Grant, General Lee, General Stone Wall Jackson, and President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, the military field hospital and mortician.
Plus you stop by President William H. Harrison to listen to him talk about the Whig party of the 1840.
Bargain with the blanket traders in the rendezvous encampment. Talk to Johnny Appleseed as he strolls about the site. Visit with the demonstrators and re-enactors to learn about living in pre-1870 Indiana.
Come and see Laura Supinger as she re-creates the 18th century way of life, with a heavy focus on cooking and the life of the pioneer woman.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on while enjoying the entertainment. No household pets are allowed.
Admission is $8 per person age 12 and up. Children 11 and under free. Credit Card accepted with 3% fee will be applied. Handicapped-accessible on site and at the high school.
For more information, visit www.stonestrace.com.