Date/Time
Date(s) - 9 Feb 2013
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Location
Crowley

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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HERITAGE FESTIVAL

WHEN:Saturday Feb. 9, 2013

 

Shows will be repeated throughout the day, the Hole In the Head Gang, Civil War Skirmished, Whip Cracking along with snake oil salesman, weavers, blacksmithing, kids games and music. Come anytime, stay all day…

Come out to the country for the Southwest Florida Heritage Festival. Hear, see, smell, and taste what it was like to be a Florida pioneer in the mid 1800s and early 1900s. The Southwest Florida Heritage Festival is an exciting day filled with family activities such as pony rides, hay rides, and fabulous food by Big Red’s Smokin Chicken and Ribs, along with beverages, including beer, and wine. Enjoy live demonstrations of pioneer and cowboy skills, a civil war re-enactment and camp life, blacksmithing, a wild west shootout and whipcracking. Pioneer re-enactors demonstrate sugar cane syrup making, cracker open fire cooking, soap making, butter churning and smokehouse operation, and antique steam engines. Interact with the demonstrators to get first hand knowledge about the skills and tools the pioneers needed to survive in early Florida. Travel along with our guides who introduce you to southwest Florida pioneer history and the wonders of our natural spaces. Nature and History Tours are scheduled several times during the day.

EVENTS

• Cowboy Shootout with “The Hole in the Head Gang”
• Antique Car Show
• Civil War Battles
• Working Cowboys
• Pony Rides
• Medicine Shows
• Pioneer Handcrafting
• Blacksmithing
• Live Music
• Cracker Food & Country Fun!