2012 TRAIL OF COURAGE
| Fulton County Historical Society |
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Located in North Central Indiana
| Sept. 15-16, 2012 Saturday - open 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Sunday - open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Adults - $6, Ages 6-11 - $2, Bus students - $2, Ages 5 and under - free No dogs or animals allowed, except to assist handicapped. |
Kenny Lone Eagle and Chief White
Eagle. We are sorry to report that
Chief White Eagle "Basil Heath"
passed away on Jan. 24, 2011 at the
age of 93. He will be greatly missed by
all.
His obit. can be found at
www.rochsent.com in the Jan. 27th
issue.
Memorial service will take place Sat.
Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Trail of
Courage. Come and share your
memories.
Eagle. We are sorry to report that
Chief White Eagle "Basil Heath"
passed away on Jan. 24, 2011 at the
age of 93. He will be greatly missed by
all.
His obit. can be found at
www.rochsent.com in the Jan. 27th
issue.
Memorial service will take place Sat.
Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Trail of
Courage. Come and share your
memories.
| 13,000 Attended Trail of Courage in 2010 By Shirley Willard There's history in the wind here. Red-tailed hawks circle over head, nuts fall on the tin-roofed booths and cabins, Indian flute music floats on the breeze. Over 13,000 walked through history at the 35th annual Trail of Courage Living History Festival Sept. 18-19 at Rochester, Indiana. The Potawatomi Indians were marched single file down Rochester's Main Street September 5, 1838, on the forced removal known as the Trail of Death. Since 1976 this festival has honored the American Indians and shown life before the removal when this was still Potawatomi Territory. This event combines genealogy of the Potawatomi Indians and the settlers who lived in Fulton County and northern Indiana in the early 1800s with the rendezvous events, music and dance on two stages, historic canoe landing, and fur trade skit on the Tippecanoe River. The Trail of Courage is held the third weekend of September at the Fulton County Historical Society grounds four miles north of Rochester on US 31. Frontier Indiana comes alive with foods cooked over wood fires, period music and dance, traditional crafts, historic camps and trading, canoe rides on the river, and much more. Each year a different Potawatomi family with ancestors on the Trail of Death or who signed treaties in Indiana is honored. The honored family is given a Key to the County or a Key to the City by local officials during Saturday’s Opening Ceremonies at 10 a.m. the public is invited to join in the Indian dances from 2: 00 to 3:00 p.m., which are held in an arena semi- circled by teepees. George Godfrey, Athens, Illinois, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, acts as emcee. He is president of the Potawatomi Trail of Death Association, and has been dancing at the Trail of Courage since 1988. Godfrey had an ancestor on the 1838 Trail of Death. The Trail of Courage includes historic encampments representing the French & Indian War, Voyageurs, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Western Fur Trade, Plains Indians teepees, and Woodland Indian wigwam village. A special re-creation of a Miami Village is set up by members of the Miami Indian Nation of Indiana, and includes wigwams and life ways demonstrations, such as making cattail mats. Another re-creation is of Chippeway, the first trading post, post office and village in Fulton County in 1832. Food purveyors and traditional craftsmen set up in wooden booths. Craftsmen also sell pre-1840 trade goods from blankets and in historic merchant tents, offering a variety of items from clothing and jewelry to knives and candles, everything needed to live in frontier days. Canoe rides, muzzle loading shooting and tomahawk throwing contests, and mountain man tug of war add to the frontier activities. Two stages with frontier music and dance present programs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Since the early 1980s FCHS has received grants from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts to help pay for musicians and dancers: 42nd Royal Highlanders, River Valley Colonials Fife & Drum Corp, Aztec dancers, Shakin' Hammers String Band, Mark and Liza Woolever, Steve McPhail - Johnny Appleseed, Chuck Molenda - Ben Franklin, Chief White Eagle - Indian lore, Indian dancers and drum. Many volunteers provide programs such as Frontier Frolic dance called by Shirley Willard, Nan Edwards and Margo Moore's dogs pulling travois, Marsha Glassburn - Indian storytelling, and Riddle School 4th grade dancers, Shirley Kern Needham - red-tailed hawk; Mark Gropp - bagpipes and other instruments. Both Catholic and Protestant worship services are held at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Pioneer foods are cooked over wood fires. Visitors can feast on buffalo burgers, chicken and noodles, barbecue, ham and beans, fish and chips cooked in big iron kettles, Indian tacos, apple dumplings, corn on the cob, apple sausage, and more, including ice cream, one of George Washington's favorite treats. Local clubs cook and serve these historic foods to fund their projects: Rotary, Kappa Delta Phi, Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, and Fulton County Historical Society. Beverly Jackson and family, Rochester, do the barbecue and sweet potato pie, and also exhibit a frontier African-American house. Many people come to the festival just for the delicious food! The grounds are handicapped accessible. Free tram rides are available to bring people from the museum, round barn and Living History Village, which are open, at the north end of the grounds. Free parking is provided on FCHS grounds. Plenty of free benches are available to sit and rest. Volunteers can earn free admission to the Trail of Courage by working half a day. To volunteer or for more information, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Visit our website at www.fultoncountyhistory.org or www.potawatomi-tda.org. The Trail of Courage will be September 17-18, 2011. The day before is School Trail Day when buses of kids come for a sample of the activities to be seen on the weekend. |
Frontier Indiana Portrayed at Trail of Courage
Sept. 15-16, 2012
You can step back into the pre-1840 time period where Frontier Indiana history will be
portrayed, at the 37th annual Trail of Courage Living History Festival Sept. 15-16 at Rochester.
The Potawatomi Indians were marched single file down Rochester's Main Street September 5,
1838, on the forced removal known as the Trail of Death. Since 1976 this festival has honored
the American Indians and shown life before the removal when this was still Potawatomi Territory.
Frontier Indiana comes alive with foods cooked over wood fires, period music and dance,
traditional crafts, historic camps and trading, canoe rides on the river, and much more. It is
produced by the Fulton County Historical Society, Rochester, Indiana. This event combines
genealogy of the Potawatomi Indians and the settlers who lived in Fulton County and northern
Indiana in the early 1800s with the rendezvous events and stage programs and the historic
canoe landing and fur trade skit on the Tippecanoe River. The Trail of Courage will be held at
the FCHS grounds four miles north of Rochester on US 31. Admission is $6 for adults, $2 for
children (6 through 11), and free age 5 and under. Hours are Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Each year a different Potawatomi family is honored and tell their story at 10:30 a.m. on the
Chippeway Village stage both days. This year’s honored family is _____________
The public is invited to join in the Indian dances 2 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., which are held in an arena
encircled by teepees. The drum will be Winter Hawk Drum, from Northern Indiana. George
Godfrey, Athens, Illinois, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, will act as emcee. He is
president of the Potawatomi Trail of Death Association, and has been dancing at the Trail of
Courage since 1988. Godfrey had an ancestor on the 1838 Trail of Death.
The Trail of Courage includes historic encampments representing the French & Indian War,
Voyageurs, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Western Fur Trade, Plains Indians teepees, and
Woodland Indian wigwam village. A special re-creation of a Miami Village includes wigwams and
lifeways demonstrations, such as making cattail mats. There is also a re-creation of Chippeway,
the first trading post, post office and village in Fulton County in 1832. Food purveyors and
traditional craftsmen set up in wooden booths to demonstrate and sell their wares. Craftsmen
also sell pre-1840 trade goods from blankets and in historic merchant tents, offering a variety of
items from clothing and jewelry to knives and candles, everything needed to live in frontier days.
Canoe rides, muzzle loading shooting and tomahawk throwing contests, and a frontier blab
school add to the frontier activities.
Two stages with frontier music and dance present programs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Since the early 1980s FCHS has received grants from the
Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts to help pay for musicians and
dancers: 42nd Royal Highlanders, River Valley Colonials Fife & Drum Corp, Aztec dancers,
Shakin' Hammers String Band, Mark and Liza Woolever, Steve McPhail – Johnny Appleseed,
Chuck Molenda – Ben Franklin, Indian dancers and drum. Many volunteers provide programs
such as Frontier Frolic dance called by Shirley Willard, 78 Frasier Pipe & Drum Corps, Nan
Edwards' dogs pulling travois, Marsha Glassburn - Indian storytelling, Shirley Needham – Red-
tailed & Red Shoulder hawks; Frontier Fashion Show, and Riddle School 3rd or 4th grade
dancers, Mark Gropp – bagpipes. Both Catholic and Protestant worship services are held at 9:
00 a.m. on Sunday.
Pioneer foods are cooked over wood fires. Visitors can feast on Apple dumplings, buffalo
burgers, chicken and noodles, barbecue, ham and beans, chips cooked in big iron kettles,
turkey legs, Indian tacos and frybread, corn on the cob, apple sausage, and more, including ice
cream, one of George Washington's favorite treats. Local clubs cook and serve these historic
foods to fund their projects: Rotary, Kappa Delta Phi, and Fulton County Historical Society. A
Black family, Beverly Jackson, Rochester, do the barbecue and sweet potato pie, and also
exhibit a frontier African-American house. Many people come to the festival just for the delicious
food!
The grounds are handicapped accessible. Free tram rides are available to bring people from
the museum, and Living History Village at the north end of the grounds. The museum and
village are open with hosts and free admission. Restoration work will be going on with the Round
Barn Museum and William Polke House so they will be closed to public tours until work is
finished.
Volunteers can earn free admission to the Trail of Courage by working half a day. To volunteer
or for more information, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS
grounds. Plenty of free
benches are available to sit and rest.
Sept. 15-16, 2012
You can step back into the pre-1840 time period where Frontier Indiana history will be
portrayed, at the 37th annual Trail of Courage Living History Festival Sept. 15-16 at Rochester.
The Potawatomi Indians were marched single file down Rochester's Main Street September 5,
1838, on the forced removal known as the Trail of Death. Since 1976 this festival has honored
the American Indians and shown life before the removal when this was still Potawatomi Territory.
Frontier Indiana comes alive with foods cooked over wood fires, period music and dance,
traditional crafts, historic camps and trading, canoe rides on the river, and much more. It is
produced by the Fulton County Historical Society, Rochester, Indiana. This event combines
genealogy of the Potawatomi Indians and the settlers who lived in Fulton County and northern
Indiana in the early 1800s with the rendezvous events and stage programs and the historic
canoe landing and fur trade skit on the Tippecanoe River. The Trail of Courage will be held at
the FCHS grounds four miles north of Rochester on US 31. Admission is $6 for adults, $2 for
children (6 through 11), and free age 5 and under. Hours are Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Each year a different Potawatomi family is honored and tell their story at 10:30 a.m. on the
Chippeway Village stage both days. This year’s honored family is _____________
The public is invited to join in the Indian dances 2 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., which are held in an arena
encircled by teepees. The drum will be Winter Hawk Drum, from Northern Indiana. George
Godfrey, Athens, Illinois, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, will act as emcee. He is
president of the Potawatomi Trail of Death Association, and has been dancing at the Trail of
Courage since 1988. Godfrey had an ancestor on the 1838 Trail of Death.
The Trail of Courage includes historic encampments representing the French & Indian War,
Voyageurs, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Western Fur Trade, Plains Indians teepees, and
Woodland Indian wigwam village. A special re-creation of a Miami Village includes wigwams and
lifeways demonstrations, such as making cattail mats. There is also a re-creation of Chippeway,
the first trading post, post office and village in Fulton County in 1832. Food purveyors and
traditional craftsmen set up in wooden booths to demonstrate and sell their wares. Craftsmen
also sell pre-1840 trade goods from blankets and in historic merchant tents, offering a variety of
items from clothing and jewelry to knives and candles, everything needed to live in frontier days.
Canoe rides, muzzle loading shooting and tomahawk throwing contests, and a frontier blab
school add to the frontier activities.
Two stages with frontier music and dance present programs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Since the early 1980s FCHS has received grants from the
Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts to help pay for musicians and
dancers: 42nd Royal Highlanders, River Valley Colonials Fife & Drum Corp, Aztec dancers,
Shakin' Hammers String Band, Mark and Liza Woolever, Steve McPhail – Johnny Appleseed,
Chuck Molenda – Ben Franklin, Indian dancers and drum. Many volunteers provide programs
such as Frontier Frolic dance called by Shirley Willard, 78 Frasier Pipe & Drum Corps, Nan
Edwards' dogs pulling travois, Marsha Glassburn - Indian storytelling, Shirley Needham – Red-
tailed & Red Shoulder hawks; Frontier Fashion Show, and Riddle School 3rd or 4th grade
dancers, Mark Gropp – bagpipes. Both Catholic and Protestant worship services are held at 9:
00 a.m. on Sunday.
Pioneer foods are cooked over wood fires. Visitors can feast on Apple dumplings, buffalo
burgers, chicken and noodles, barbecue, ham and beans, chips cooked in big iron kettles,
turkey legs, Indian tacos and frybread, corn on the cob, apple sausage, and more, including ice
cream, one of George Washington's favorite treats. Local clubs cook and serve these historic
foods to fund their projects: Rotary, Kappa Delta Phi, and Fulton County Historical Society. A
Black family, Beverly Jackson, Rochester, do the barbecue and sweet potato pie, and also
exhibit a frontier African-American house. Many people come to the festival just for the delicious
food!
The grounds are handicapped accessible. Free tram rides are available to bring people from
the museum, and Living History Village at the north end of the grounds. The museum and
village are open with hosts and free admission. Restoration work will be going on with the Round
Barn Museum and William Polke House so they will be closed to public tours until work is
finished.
Volunteers can earn free admission to the Trail of Courage by working half a day. To volunteer
or for more information, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS
grounds. Plenty of free
benches are available to sit and rest.
