Archive for the ‘Fall Events’ Category
The Legend of Tommy Hodges outdoor drama
October 19 & 20, 2012
A mystery over time becomes a legend, and a legend grows in the telling . . . It was Halloween night in 1906 when one of the students from the Biltmore Forest School disappeared. His name was Tommy Hodges. The Cradle of Forestry will present this outdoor drama along the paved, one-mile Biltmore Campus Trail. As the audience walks the trail from scene to scene it meets characters from the historic Pink Beds community and hears stories, some based on the diaries of students who attended the Biltmore Forest School from 1903-1907. Warm clothing, walking shoes and flashlights are recommended. Check the website or call for show times.
Admission to the show is $6.00 for ages 16 and up, $3.00 for ages 5-15 and America the Beautiful and Golden Age Passport holders; hot cider and cookies.
Posted in Camping in the Old Style
October 13, 2012
Visit with a small group of re-enactors in a reconstructed campsite of the early 1900’s. At this time in history the Pisgah National Forest was in its infancy, and city folk were discovering the joys of outdoor recreation. It was a time when camping meant sleeping under canvas and cooking over an open fire. Here in the wood smoke, surrounded by the outdoor gear of a by-gone day, the traditional skills of camp and trail will be practiced in their proper setting.
“Camping in the Old Style” is presented by the Traditional Outdoor Skills Program, Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, North Carolina. Visitors can see fire by flint, steel, and friction, old style campfire cookery, four different styles of period shelters, and traditional camp tools in use. Each camper has expertise in various aspects of woodcraft, history and nature study, and welcomes questions from visitors.
Forest Festival Day and John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet
October 6, 2012
More than 80 traditional craftsmen, exhibitors, forestry students, and entertainers gather at the Cradle of Forestry to celebrate our forests and forest heritage. Highlights include wood carvers, weavers, a blacksmith, and the John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet, a lumberjack competition, organized by Haywood Community College. Admission to the Cradle of Forestry for this event is $6.00 for ages 16 and up, $3.00 for youth 15 and under and America the Beautiful and Golden Age pass holders, free for children under four years old.
