(Submitted by Friends of the Old Northwest Rendezvous at Seven Eagles Historical Education Center, Grand Rapids)
Frank and Carol Jarboe of Woodburn, Kentucky, will be the featured presentation at 1 p.m. Saturday during Friends of the Old Northwest Primitive Rendezvous. The event takes place June 22-27 at Seven Eagles Historical Education Center, Grand Rapids.
The Jarboes, portraying the Ould Badger and Maggie, are to present the history of “Medical suppliers of the colonies, the Resurrectionists.”
Historical re-enactors from Ohio and neighboring states gather, living in their canvas tents for a week, to compete in black powder shooting, primitive archery and tomahawk and knife throwing. Events happening vary by day.
The entire camp will be open to visitors 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday through Thursday, June 22-27. Visitors can see a primitive encampment of people living as early pioneers, hear period music, learn about history, tour the site’s historic buildings and shop at stores to buy historical items.
“Come and see us rain or shine,” said event leader Vicki Johnson, of McClure. “Adults and kids always enjoy seeing our camps and watching people demonstrate skills such as shooting muzzleloaders, dipping candles over a fire, blacksmithing and cooking over a fire.”
Periodic tours of the historic buildings at Seven Eagles will be available including the Catfish Inn, a reproduction Scottish inn; a French trapper’s cabin; and a Native American longhouse.
Muzzleloader shooting demonstrations are set for 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
At 1 p.m. Monday, visitors can watch rendezvous participants take part in Highland Games, a rendition of Scottish contests in which men wearing kilts and also ladies compete in various contests of skill and strength such as the caber toss, the sheaf pitch and the haggis toss.
Visitors also can find primitive and historic items at historic period stores 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Food and beverages are to be available all week.
Admission is $3 for ages 13 and older, and free for children ages 12 and younger.
Seven Eagles is at 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids, one mile north of U.S. 6 and one mile south of the town of Grand Rapids.
For more information, search Friends of the Old Northwest Public Days on Facebook.
