Upcoming rendezvous and reenactments
Aug. 27-29, 2010 - Kekionga Festival & Rendezvous, Decatur, Ind.
Contact Jim Shawver, 260-493-7354, tufeathers@eawifi.com. No camp fee,
but advanced registration requested for weekend and kids day Friday. Black
powder shoot, bow shoot, hawk & knife, atlatl, Mountain Man dunk tank,
skillet toss, dessert baking contest. Friday evening meal provided. Potluck
Saturday evening. Address: 231 E. Monroe St., Decatur, Ind. (US 224).
Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Great Trail Festival, Malvern, Ohio,
Carroll County. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailsfestival.com. Re-
enactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation
and inquiry. Ohio Tomahawk Throwing Championship at noon Monday.
Location: Great Trail Festival grounds, SR 43, about two miles south of
Malvern.
Aug. 28-29, 2010 - LaCourers de Bois et Voyegeurs de St. Claire
Encampment, Metro Beach Metropark Nature Center, Harrison
Township, Mich. Contact (800) 477-3172 or (586) 463-4332. Public
hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Early settlers, Indians and
military of the Great Lakes Fur Trade Era. Demonstrations and displays of
canoe building, other crafts and skills, trade goods, artifacts, blacksmithing,
campfire cooking, military life, cannons and weaponry, music and dance,
stories and lectures. Address: 31300 Metropolitan Parkway, Harrison
Township, Mich.
Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Great Trail Festival, Malvern, Ohio,
Carroll County. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailsfestival.com. Re-
enactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation
and inquiry. Ohio Tomahawk Throwing Championship at noon Monday.
Location: Great Trail Festival grounds, SR 43, about two miles south of
Malvern.
Sept. 3-5, 2010 – Fall Rendezvous, B&A Primitive Weapons Club,
Roswell, Ohio, Tuscarawas County. Contact Steve, 330-339-1250, www.
BallAndArrow.org. Two-day aggregate shoot. Knife and hawk trail. Primitive
bow trail. Prizes awarded Sunday. Kids games. Take your own drinking
water. Ice available on sight. No pets. Must camp to shoot. Public hours
every day until 5 pm. Directions: Take I-77 to New Philadelphia, Ohio, exit
81. Take SR 39 east throught New Philadelphia and continue about five
miles to Roswell and follow signs to 5190 Days Lane.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Piqua Heritage Ohio Wilderness Encampment,
Johnston Farm Piqua Historical Area, Piqua, Ohio, Miami County.
Contact bourgeois Jim Moody, 937-376-3208, www.piquaheritagefestival.
com. Set-up is after 10 a.m. Wednesday for pre-registered traders, after 9 a.
m. Thursday for pre-registered campers and after 9 a.m. Friday for any
campers or traders. Camp is in two sections. North side of tree line is open to
public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and until 4 p.m. Monday. Visitors to
the north camp after 6 p.m. must be in period clothing. South side of tree line
is open to the public 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and until 5 p.m.
Monday. Pre-1870 event with competitions in range shooting, archery, hawk
& knife, flint & steel open to men, women, juniors and half-pint; and a
children's costume contest for ages 13 and younger. Sunday service at 9 a.
m. Registration per camp (maximum of two adults and two tents per camp) is
$25 if registered by Aug. 4. Fee includes one trade blanket (72x90, $1,000
maximum). Extra adults $5 each. Trader fee is $50. Non-registered
campers/traders are $5 extra at the gate. The grounds are northwest of
Piqua on Hardin Road north of the Hardin Road/SR 66 intersection. Take I-
75 to exit 82 and follow North SR 66.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Chagrin River Rendezvous, Daniels Park,
Willoughby, Ohio. Contact John Gilliam, RamRod Busters, 440-951-4813, j-
cgilliam@sbcglobal.net, www.ramrodbusters.com. No camp fee. Competitions
include shoot, hawk & knife, best camp. Potluck breakfast and potluck
dinner. Candlelight tour Saturday night.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Menoninee Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous,
Plymouth, Ind. Contact Kathy Eads, 574-842-3111; Jerry Seymour, 219-
393-5360; or Kevin Mallory, 574-784-2479; menominee02@yahoo.com;
geocities.com/menominee02. Call Kathy to make arrangements fro early
setup. Fees $10 members, $25 nonmembers. Pre-1851 event. No public.
Walk-in welcome. Competitions include woods walk, shotgun, cannon,
archery, hawk & knife, blanket raffle, silver medallion raffle and possibly
pistols and revolvers. Pets allowed on leash with proof of shots. Address:
17002 W. 14th Road, Plymouth, Ind.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Labor Day Rendezvous, Adams Mill, Cutler, Ind.
Contact Larry Riggle, 765-566-2739.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Labor Day Weekend Rendezvous, Tonquish Muzzle
Loaders, Western Wayne County Conservation Area, Plymouth, Mich.,
Wayne County. Contact booshway, Greg Baack, 734-578-1796. Fee is $20
per camp. Early setup in the main primitive area or the modern area starts
Aug. 28 and continues all week 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gate closed at night. Setup
begins in second primitive area near archery range Wednesday. Doors close
to main primitive camp Saturday morning and no vehicles allowed. Friday
night dish dinner and Sunday morning pancakes available in clubhouse for
extra charge. Taking your own drinking water suggested. Modern camp with
electric available. Shoots, archery and family activities.
Sept. 9-12, 2010 - Jennings Creek Council Fall Rendezvous, Camp
Clay, near Van Wert, Ohio, Van Wert County. Contact Jim Dunlap, 419-303-
6785, jimd@watchtv.net. Early set up Wednesday. Friday school day.
Competitions include pastry hawk throw Friday night, rifle shoot, smooth bore
shoot, archery, hawk & knife, men's and women's games, Seneca Run. No
pets. Vendors welcome. Camp fee $25 for two adults and children. Extra
adults $10 each. Address: 9196 Liberty Union Road; Van Wert, OH 45891.
Sept. 10-12, 2010 - Pioneer Days, Lyme Village, Bellevue, Ohio,
Sandusky County. Contact Donna Warner, 419-499-0118, 419-483-4949,
davwr@aol.com, www.lymevillage.com. Set-up after noon Thursday and after
2:30 p.m. Friday. Student day 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday. Public hours Saturday-
Sunday until 5 p.m. Sunday service 9 a.m. No pets. Registration by July 1 is
$3 per person ages 13 and older (after July 1 is $5); 12 and younger are
free. Sutler/vendor fee $35 (or $50 after July 1). Site is at 5001 SR 4,
Bellevue, between SR 113 and US 20.
Sept. 10-12, 2010 - Heartnut Festival, Johnson County Park,
Edinburgh, Ind. Contact Ann Janssen, 812-526-6809 or 812-526-9816.
Near Camp Atterbury.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Canal Days, downtown Grand Rapids, Ohio, Wood
County. Contact Martin Nagy, 419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Festival
celebrates the historic towpath and canal era with historical reenactors on
the towpath, downtown sidewalk sales and an arts and crafts fair in the park
beside the Town Hall.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Great Miami River Days, “The Gathering by the
River,” Neiland Boulevard, Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio. Contact
Bill Combs, 937-787-3823, for pre-1840 camp. Advanced registration
required. Features Southern Singers Drum with Mark Banks. Dance circle
and drum highlighted. Possible battle reenactments. No camp fees.
Directions: From the north, take I-75S/SR 4 to SR 129W (High Street). Turn
left on Martin Luther King Boulevard, right on Knightsbridge Drive. and left
on University Boulevard. Miami University is on the right.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival, Stone's Trace
Tavern & Museum, Ligonier, Ind. Contact Janet Sweeney, 260-856-2666,
sweeneyjanet@hotmail.com, www.stonestrace.com. Shooting
demonstrations, hawk & knife, flint & steel fire starting, children's pioneer
games and learning activities, pioneer crafts and food, "Sheep to Shawl"
auction Sunday. No pets. Location: South of Ligonier off US 33.
Sept. 16-19, 2010 - P.H. Hoeft State Park Historical Reenactment,
Rogers City, Mich. Contact Blake Gingrich, 989-734-2543, www.michigan.
gov.hoeft; or Jean Gross, 989-734-0463, mjeangross@yahoo.com.
Advanced registration required. Call for forms. No camp fee. Traders and
trade blankets welcome. Setup Thursday. School day Friday. Open to public
Saturday. Potluck Saturday evening. Address: 5001 US North, Rogers City,
Mich.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival, lower level of
Hedges-Boyer Park, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact Ron and
Melissa Kramer, 419-447-6010, mrkramer@bright.net, www.tiffinfestival.com.
Early setup available after noon Wednesday. No set-ups Friday until after 2
p.m. and must be completed before 9:30 a.m. Saturday. No camp fee. For
vendor fees and registration, contact Kramers. School day Friday. To be
listed in program as school-day demonstrator, contact Brenda Stultz, 419-
639-3017. Public hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Public lantern tour at dusk Friday, followed by a musicians' jam. Pre-1870s
event with demonstrations, entertainment and period food. No competitions.
Period dress is requested at all times from Friday morning through 5 p.m.
Sunday. Campers are invited to join Seneca Muzzleloaders at a 6 p.m.
Saturday potluck and a 7 p.m. military ball. From US 224, turn onto SR 18
into Tiffin and continue through town on one-way street (Market Street). Turn
right on Greenfield Street at Heidelberg College. Turn right on Summit Street
and continue down a hill into the park. The YMCA is on the right and the
village on the left. Printing map from website recommended.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Mad River Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous, Hall
Fawcett Memorial Park, Zanesfield, Ohio, Logan County. Contact
booshway Jeff Colwell, mrmbooshway@live.com, 614-732-8462. Camp fee
$20 non-members, $15 members. Competitions include hawk & knife,
archery, Seneca run and lizard pull. Potluck Saturday. Sunday church
service. Address: 4595 CR 153, Zanesfield. Directions: Take SR 33 to the
Zanesfield exit (SR 292; not Zanesville). Turn north toward Marmon Valley
Farms to dead end, then turn west (left) to the camp on the right side.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Koh-Koh-Mah & Foster Living History
Encampment, Howard City, Ind., Howard County. French & Indian War Re-
Enactment and local Howard County history. Contact Bob Auth,
kohkohmahfoster@aol.com, www.kohkohmah.com. Friday school day. Public
hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Battle, military drills,
Native American games, primitive skills demonstrations, fife and drums, other
music. Location: 10 Miles West of Kokomo, Ind.
Sept. 18-19, 2010 - Trail of Courage Living History Festival, Fulton
County Historical Society, Rochester, Ind. Contact 574-223-4436,
fchs@rotcl.com, http://www.htctech.net. Juried event. Contact for an
application. Public hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. Admission $6 adults, $2 ages 6-11 and bus students, free for ages
5 and younger.
Sept. 18-19, 2010 - Simon Kenton Harvest Festival, Old Washington,
Ky., a section of Maysville, Ky. Contact: (606) 564-9419 , Suzie Pratt,
suziepratt@ maysvilleky.net, or Duff Giffen, duffgiffen@maysvilleky.net.
Reenactors and sutlers, 1780s-1800. No camp fee. Camp on the main street
of town. Demonstrations. Public hours 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Sunday. Located 60 miles east of Cincinnati and 60 miles northeast
of Lexington, Ky.
Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2010 - NRLHF Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, Snode's
Farm, Malvern, Ohio, Carroll County. Contact booshway David Guy, 330-
904-1359, daguyz@att.net, or segundo Dan'l Cain, 330-699-3492,
ddcl2896@aol.com, www.dirkandthistle.com/epr2010.htm. Advanced
registration due Aug. 24. Free early set-up for pre-registered participants is
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 22-23. Walk-ins pay $5 per person per day for early set-
up. Gate hours 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sept. 24-25. The gate closes at 5 p.m. all
other days. Public days are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 25-26. Escorted candlelight
walking tour 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Merchant area open to public Sept. 27-Oct.
1. Public fees $4 per adult or $2 for ages 65 and older. Military personnel
with ID and children 17 and younger free. No animals, except approved
horses and mules. Cannon, muzzleloader, archery, camp life demos and
historic style show on public days. Competitions include shooting, hawk &
knife, archery, Highland games and Dutch oven cooking. Seminars. Visit the
NRLHF website for pre-registration form and fees, www.nrlhf.org. Mail to PO
Box 376, Hershey PA, 17033 (717-312-3016) For directions, visit the webiste.
Sept. 24-26, 2010 - Back to the Days of Kosciusko Timeline, Red
Brush Village at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds, Warsaw, Ind.
Contact 574-453-1846, dawn@backtothedays.com. Juried event. Contact for
registration information. Timeline event for sutlers, venders, civilians, Native
Americans, mountain men and military and civilians portraying life and events
pre-1900. School day Friday. Public admission $3, children 6-12 $1.
Address: 1400 E Smith St, Warsaw, Ind.
Sept. 25-26, 2010 - Prairie Days on Shawnee Prairie Preserve,
Greenville, Ohio, Darke County. Contact 937-548-0165,
info@darkecountyparks.org, www.darkecountyparks.org. Event focuses on
prairie life 1780-1810, featuring crafts, games, apple butter cooking, tall
tales, vendors and trades of the time period. Looking for more re-enactors
and vendors. Call to arrange set-up Thursday and Friday. No camp fee.
Vendors fee $25. Registration required. Friday school day 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
(new this year). Public hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday 9-4 and noon-4 p.m.
Sunday 12-4. Blanket hawk & knife competition. Apple butter cooking,
Location: Just outside of Greenville on SR 502.
Oct. 2-3, 2010 - Fort Rowdy Gathering, Covington, Ohio. Contact
Melissa Adams, 937-773-8085, or info@fortrowdy.org, (937)473-5439, www.
fortrowdy.org. For advanced registration application, go to website. Early
setup Wednesday and tear down no later than the following Wednesday.
Camp fee $15, traders $25 before Sept. 1; or $25 and $35 later. Activities
include hawk & knife, spear throw, bow shoot, lizard pull, flint & steel, cooking
contests, rolling pin and skillet toss and children's games. Auction Saturday
to support event. Modern or primitive donations requested. Location:
Covington is west of Piqua.
Oct. 2-3, 2010 - The Gathering at Aukerman Creek and Fall Farm
Festival, Preble County Historical Center, Eaton, Ohio. Contact Jane
Lightner, 937-787-4256, preblecohistsoc@brecnet.com. Advanced
registration required. Join the Miami Valley 1700-1865 Reenactors Company
for its part in a timeline event combined with fall farm festival. No camp fees.
Vendor fee, $50. No vendor fees if demonstrating. Address: 7693 Swartsel
Road, Eaton, Ohio. Location: A mile northwest of Gratis and six miles
southeast of Eaton off SR 122.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous, club
grounds, TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact John Miller, 419-
447-2656. Rifle shoot, archery and hawk & knife competitions. Camp potluck
Saturday evening. Registration is $15 on site. Setup Thursday evening and
all day Friday. No pets. Located along the Sandusky River five miles south of
Tiffin at the Sandusky River Coon Hunters grounds.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Harvest Moon Rendezvous, Infirmary Mound Park,
Granville, Ohio, Licking County. Sponsored by the Deathwind Long Rifle
Club. Contact Jeff and Dee Keefe, 740-281-0430, bhawk55@roadrunner.
com, or C.L. Smith (Smitty), 740-745-5649. A pre-1840 event open to period
shooters, sutlers, buckskinners, re-enactors and craftsmen. Early setup
Thursday. Camp fee is $15, which includes one medallion. Additional
medallions $5 each. Medallion required to participate in events. Public hours
noon-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.
Friday night bean supper provided for campers. Saturday night potluck and
Dutch oven cooking contest. Competitions include rifle match, hawk & knife,
woodswalk, fire starting, archery. No pets. Directions: Infirmary Mound Park is
on SR 37 about three miles south of Granville, Ohio.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Fall Ohio Flintlock and Buckskin Rendezvous,
location to be announced. Contact Bob May, 419-991-1504, or Pete
Raine, 614-314-0583. Pre-1840 dress and flintlock required. Ohio's oldest
rendezvous. Only fee is $25 blanket prize. Location changes each spring
and fall. Call to be placed on mailing list.
Oct. 15-17, 2010 - Sons of Liberty Fall Rendezvous, Canter's Cave 4-H
Camp, Jackson, Ohio, Jackson County. Contact Norm Garringer, 740-773-
3891, or Larry Zornes, 740-286-2743, www.canterscave4hcamp.com. Camp
fee for ages 16 and older is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. No
separate sutler fee. Camp potluck 6 p.m. Saturday. Competitions include
hawk & knife, archery, woods walk, shoots daily. $5 fee per match; $6 if not
in period dress. No pets. Five miles north of Jackson, Ohio, off SR 35 on TR
223.
Oct. 15-17, 2010 - Call to Liberty, Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County.
Contact booshway Andy Huey, 937-935-4461, aide de camp Chris Callison,
937-546-8673, swilliams@ctcn.net. www.calltoliberty.com. Set-up after 9 a.m.
Thursday. Pre-registration on or before Oct. 1 is $25 per camp or after Oct.
1 is $30. Competitions include shoots, archery, hawk & knife, atlatl, Seneca
Run, games. Camp meal provided Friday night.
Oct. 16-17, 2010 - Oak Ridge Festival, Attica, Ohio, Seneca County.
Contact Big Mark, 419-560-0136, www.oakridgefestival.com. Event in
conjunction with a craft festival. Competitions include primitive archery, rifle
and smoothbore woods walk, hawk & knife. Set-up Friday. Traders can
set up Thursday. Tear-down 4 p.m. Sunday. Camp fee for pre-registered
families is $25 and $30 for traders plus a prize donation of $15 value.
Registration due Oct. 1. Walk-in fees are $5 more. No pets. Located on TR
104 north of the US 224/SR 4 intersection.
Oct. 16-17, 2010 - Schoenbrunn Village Colonial Trade Fair,
Schoenbrunn Village Historical Site, New Philadelphia, Ohio,
Tuscarawas County. Juried event for time period 1750-1789. Contact Jack
Johnson, jack@schoenbrunnvillagefair.org or download jury rules and
application form at schoenbrunnvillagefair.org and follow online instructions.
Located on the actual site of the Delaware Moravian Village in use from 1772-
1777. The village has 17 reconstructed cabins and ample area for tents,
including a special area for Native American re-enactors. Location: SR 259
just outside New Philadelphia.
Oct. 22-23, 2010 - All Hallows Eve Celebration, Seven Eagles
Historical Education Center, 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids,
Ohio, Wood County. Vendors, reenactors and campers contact Martin Nagy,
419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Forty acres of woods, two-acre Cricket
Frog Pond and open meadows. The site includes a recreated 40-foot
Woodland Indian longhouse and 20-foot wigwam, a Scottish tavern, trappers
hut, a 205-year-old pioneer cabin and a trading post. Registration fee is $5
per person ages 6 and older, plus $10 for blanket traders and $25 for
vendors. Find application from events page at http://seven-eagles.com.
Mailing address: Seven Eagles, P.O. Box 246, Grand Rapids, OH 43522.
One mile south of Grand Rapids and one mile north of U.S. 6.
Oct. 29-31, 2010 - Greene County Fish and Game Fall Rendezvous,
Xenia, Ohio, Greene County. Contact Tom Cryder through the website,
gcfng.com. Fees $15 per single or $25 per family. Shoots, archery, hawk &
knife. Camp potluck Saturday evening. No pets. Location: 1538 Union Road,
Xenia, Ohio. From SR 68, turn onto Union Road and go 2.2 miles south to
the club grounds. Look for a green and white sign at the driveway on the left
side of Union Road.
Oct. 30-31, 2010 - French & Indian War Woods Tactical, 1754-1760,
Bellville, Ohio, Richland County. Contact Doc Shaffer,
belleville1755@yahoo.com, www.angelfire.com/mi3/FandIwar. Open to all F&I
unit members known to Doc Shaffer and crew. All others by invitation only.
French Fort, Indian village, British encampment. Participate in tactical
demonstrations. Usually there is a sutler. Pre-registration is required. Setup
Friday. Camp fee is donation. Not open to the public. Lunches and suppers
available for donation starting Friday evening. Contact for directions.
Nov. 6-7, 2010 - Fall Rendezvous, Kill-um Buck Longrifles, club
grounds, near Millersburg, Ohio, Holmes County. Contact Bruce Bilickzy,
330-769-3529, or Tom Cousin, 330-674-4476. Setup Friday afternoon.
Camp fees $15 per camp for one shooter for one day or $25 to shoot both
days. Additional shooters in the same camp are $15 for one day and $25 for
two days. Wood walk Saturday. Novelty shoot Sunday. Hawk & knife.
Directions: From Millersburg, take SR 83 to SR 62 to SR 520 to TR 54.
Nov. 7-8, 2010 - Pioneer Village Fall Gathering, Ceasar's Creek
Pioneer Village, Waynesville, Ohio, Warren County. Contact Dave Pitney,
419-596-3155; Steve Reynolds, 937-266-5436; Dan Roberts, 740-501-5855,
www.ceasarscreek.org, ccpv@embarqmail.com, 513-897-1120.
Aug. 27-29, 2010 - Kekionga Festival & Rendezvous, Decatur, Ind.
Contact Jim Shawver, 260-493-7354, tufeathers@eawifi.com. No camp fee,
but advanced registration requested for weekend and kids day Friday. Black
powder shoot, bow shoot, hawk & knife, atlatl, Mountain Man dunk tank,
skillet toss, dessert baking contest. Friday evening meal provided. Potluck
Saturday evening. Address: 231 E. Monroe St., Decatur, Ind. (US 224).
Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Great Trail Festival, Malvern, Ohio,
Carroll County. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailsfestival.com. Re-
enactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation
and inquiry. Ohio Tomahawk Throwing Championship at noon Monday.
Location: Great Trail Festival grounds, SR 43, about two miles south of
Malvern.
Aug. 28-29, 2010 - LaCourers de Bois et Voyegeurs de St. Claire
Encampment, Metro Beach Metropark Nature Center, Harrison
Township, Mich. Contact (800) 477-3172 or (586) 463-4332. Public
hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Early settlers, Indians and
military of the Great Lakes Fur Trade Era. Demonstrations and displays of
canoe building, other crafts and skills, trade goods, artifacts, blacksmithing,
campfire cooking, military life, cannons and weaponry, music and dance,
stories and lectures. Address: 31300 Metropolitan Parkway, Harrison
Township, Mich.
Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Great Trail Festival, Malvern, Ohio,
Carroll County. Contact 330-794-9100, www.greattrailsfestival.com. Re-
enactors, musicians, blanket traders and buckskinning families by invitation
and inquiry. Ohio Tomahawk Throwing Championship at noon Monday.
Location: Great Trail Festival grounds, SR 43, about two miles south of
Malvern.
Sept. 3-5, 2010 – Fall Rendezvous, B&A Primitive Weapons Club,
Roswell, Ohio, Tuscarawas County. Contact Steve, 330-339-1250, www.
BallAndArrow.org. Two-day aggregate shoot. Knife and hawk trail. Primitive
bow trail. Prizes awarded Sunday. Kids games. Take your own drinking
water. Ice available on sight. No pets. Must camp to shoot. Public hours
every day until 5 pm. Directions: Take I-77 to New Philadelphia, Ohio, exit
81. Take SR 39 east throught New Philadelphia and continue about five
miles to Roswell and follow signs to 5190 Days Lane.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Piqua Heritage Ohio Wilderness Encampment,
Johnston Farm Piqua Historical Area, Piqua, Ohio, Miami County.
Contact bourgeois Jim Moody, 937-376-3208, www.piquaheritagefestival.
com. Set-up is after 10 a.m. Wednesday for pre-registered traders, after 9 a.
m. Thursday for pre-registered campers and after 9 a.m. Friday for any
campers or traders. Camp is in two sections. North side of tree line is open to
public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and until 4 p.m. Monday. Visitors to
the north camp after 6 p.m. must be in period clothing. South side of tree line
is open to the public 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and until 5 p.m.
Monday. Pre-1870 event with competitions in range shooting, archery, hawk
& knife, flint & steel open to men, women, juniors and half-pint; and a
children's costume contest for ages 13 and younger. Sunday service at 9 a.
m. Registration per camp (maximum of two adults and two tents per camp) is
$25 if registered by Aug. 4. Fee includes one trade blanket (72x90, $1,000
maximum). Extra adults $5 each. Trader fee is $50. Non-registered
campers/traders are $5 extra at the gate. The grounds are northwest of
Piqua on Hardin Road north of the Hardin Road/SR 66 intersection. Take I-
75 to exit 82 and follow North SR 66.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Chagrin River Rendezvous, Daniels Park,
Willoughby, Ohio. Contact John Gilliam, RamRod Busters, 440-951-4813, j-
cgilliam@sbcglobal.net, www.ramrodbusters.com. No camp fee. Competitions
include shoot, hawk & knife, best camp. Potluck breakfast and potluck
dinner. Candlelight tour Saturday night.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Menoninee Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous,
Plymouth, Ind. Contact Kathy Eads, 574-842-3111; Jerry Seymour, 219-
393-5360; or Kevin Mallory, 574-784-2479; menominee02@yahoo.com;
geocities.com/menominee02. Call Kathy to make arrangements fro early
setup. Fees $10 members, $25 nonmembers. Pre-1851 event. No public.
Walk-in welcome. Competitions include woods walk, shotgun, cannon,
archery, hawk & knife, blanket raffle, silver medallion raffle and possibly
pistols and revolvers. Pets allowed on leash with proof of shots. Address:
17002 W. 14th Road, Plymouth, Ind.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Labor Day Rendezvous, Adams Mill, Cutler, Ind.
Contact Larry Riggle, 765-566-2739.
Sept. 4-6, 2010 - Labor Day Weekend Rendezvous, Tonquish Muzzle
Loaders, Western Wayne County Conservation Area, Plymouth, Mich.,
Wayne County. Contact booshway, Greg Baack, 734-578-1796. Fee is $20
per camp. Early setup in the main primitive area or the modern area starts
Aug. 28 and continues all week 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gate closed at night. Setup
begins in second primitive area near archery range Wednesday. Doors close
to main primitive camp Saturday morning and no vehicles allowed. Friday
night dish dinner and Sunday morning pancakes available in clubhouse for
extra charge. Taking your own drinking water suggested. Modern camp with
electric available. Shoots, archery and family activities.
Sept. 9-12, 2010 - Jennings Creek Council Fall Rendezvous, Camp
Clay, near Van Wert, Ohio, Van Wert County. Contact Jim Dunlap, 419-303-
6785, jimd@watchtv.net. Early set up Wednesday. Friday school day.
Competitions include pastry hawk throw Friday night, rifle shoot, smooth bore
shoot, archery, hawk & knife, men's and women's games, Seneca Run. No
pets. Vendors welcome. Camp fee $25 for two adults and children. Extra
adults $10 each. Address: 9196 Liberty Union Road; Van Wert, OH 45891.
Sept. 10-12, 2010 - Pioneer Days, Lyme Village, Bellevue, Ohio,
Sandusky County. Contact Donna Warner, 419-499-0118, 419-483-4949,
davwr@aol.com, www.lymevillage.com. Set-up after noon Thursday and after
2:30 p.m. Friday. Student day 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday. Public hours Saturday-
Sunday until 5 p.m. Sunday service 9 a.m. No pets. Registration by July 1 is
$3 per person ages 13 and older (after July 1 is $5); 12 and younger are
free. Sutler/vendor fee $35 (or $50 after July 1). Site is at 5001 SR 4,
Bellevue, between SR 113 and US 20.
Sept. 10-12, 2010 - Heartnut Festival, Johnson County Park,
Edinburgh, Ind. Contact Ann Janssen, 812-526-6809 or 812-526-9816.
Near Camp Atterbury.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Canal Days, downtown Grand Rapids, Ohio, Wood
County. Contact Martin Nagy, 419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Festival
celebrates the historic towpath and canal era with historical reenactors on
the towpath, downtown sidewalk sales and an arts and crafts fair in the park
beside the Town Hall.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Great Miami River Days, “The Gathering by the
River,” Neiland Boulevard, Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio. Contact
Bill Combs, 937-787-3823, for pre-1840 camp. Advanced registration
required. Features Southern Singers Drum with Mark Banks. Dance circle
and drum highlighted. Possible battle reenactments. No camp fees.
Directions: From the north, take I-75S/SR 4 to SR 129W (High Street). Turn
left on Martin Luther King Boulevard, right on Knightsbridge Drive. and left
on University Boulevard. Miami University is on the right.
Sept. 11-12, 2010 - Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival, Stone's Trace
Tavern & Museum, Ligonier, Ind. Contact Janet Sweeney, 260-856-2666,
sweeneyjanet@hotmail.com, www.stonestrace.com. Shooting
demonstrations, hawk & knife, flint & steel fire starting, children's pioneer
games and learning activities, pioneer crafts and food, "Sheep to Shawl"
auction Sunday. No pets. Location: South of Ligonier off US 33.
Sept. 16-19, 2010 - P.H. Hoeft State Park Historical Reenactment,
Rogers City, Mich. Contact Blake Gingrich, 989-734-2543, www.michigan.
gov.hoeft; or Jean Gross, 989-734-0463, mjeangross@yahoo.com.
Advanced registration required. Call for forms. No camp fee. Traders and
trade blankets welcome. Setup Thursday. School day Friday. Open to public
Saturday. Potluck Saturday evening. Address: 5001 US North, Rogers City,
Mich.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival, lower level of
Hedges-Boyer Park, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact Ron and
Melissa Kramer, 419-447-6010, mrkramer@bright.net, www.tiffinfestival.com.
Early setup available after noon Wednesday. No set-ups Friday until after 2
p.m. and must be completed before 9:30 a.m. Saturday. No camp fee. For
vendor fees and registration, contact Kramers. School day Friday. To be
listed in program as school-day demonstrator, contact Brenda Stultz, 419-
639-3017. Public hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Public lantern tour at dusk Friday, followed by a musicians' jam. Pre-1870s
event with demonstrations, entertainment and period food. No competitions.
Period dress is requested at all times from Friday morning through 5 p.m.
Sunday. Campers are invited to join Seneca Muzzleloaders at a 6 p.m.
Saturday potluck and a 7 p.m. military ball. From US 224, turn onto SR 18
into Tiffin and continue through town on one-way street (Market Street). Turn
right on Greenfield Street at Heidelberg College. Turn right on Summit Street
and continue down a hill into the park. The YMCA is on the right and the
village on the left. Printing map from website recommended.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Mad River Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous, Hall
Fawcett Memorial Park, Zanesfield, Ohio, Logan County. Contact
booshway Jeff Colwell, mrmbooshway@live.com, 614-732-8462. Camp fee
$20 non-members, $15 members. Competitions include hawk & knife,
archery, Seneca run and lizard pull. Potluck Saturday. Sunday church
service. Address: 4595 CR 153, Zanesfield. Directions: Take SR 33 to the
Zanesfield exit (SR 292; not Zanesville). Turn north toward Marmon Valley
Farms to dead end, then turn west (left) to the camp on the right side.
Sept. 17-19, 2010 - Koh-Koh-Mah & Foster Living History
Encampment, Howard City, Ind., Howard County. French & Indian War Re-
Enactment and local Howard County history. Contact Bob Auth,
kohkohmahfoster@aol.com, www.kohkohmah.com. Friday school day. Public
hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Battle, military drills,
Native American games, primitive skills demonstrations, fife and drums, other
music. Location: 10 Miles West of Kokomo, Ind.
Sept. 18-19, 2010 - Trail of Courage Living History Festival, Fulton
County Historical Society, Rochester, Ind. Contact 574-223-4436,
fchs@rotcl.com, http://www.htctech.net. Juried event. Contact for an
application. Public hours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday. Admission $6 adults, $2 ages 6-11 and bus students, free for ages
5 and younger.
Sept. 18-19, 2010 - Simon Kenton Harvest Festival, Old Washington,
Ky., a section of Maysville, Ky. Contact: (606) 564-9419 , Suzie Pratt,
suziepratt@ maysvilleky.net, or Duff Giffen, duffgiffen@maysvilleky.net.
Reenactors and sutlers, 1780s-1800. No camp fee. Camp on the main street
of town. Demonstrations. Public hours 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.
-5 p.m. Sunday. Located 60 miles east of Cincinnati and 60 miles northeast
of Lexington, Ky.
Sept. 24-Oct. 2, 2010 - NRLHF Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, Snode's
Farm, Malvern, Ohio, Carroll County. Contact booshway David Guy, 330-
904-1359, daguyz@att.net, or segundo Dan'l Cain, 330-699-3492,
ddcl2896@aol.com, www.dirkandthistle.com/epr2010.htm. Advanced
registration due Aug. 24. Free early set-up for pre-registered participants is
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 22-23. Walk-ins pay $5 per person per day for early set-
up. Gate hours 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sept. 24-25. The gate closes at 5 p.m. all
other days. Public days are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 25-26. Escorted candlelight
walking tour 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Merchant area open to public Sept. 27-Oct.
1. Public fees $4 per adult or $2 for ages 65 and older. Military personnel
with ID and children 17 and younger free. No animals, except approved
horses and mules. Cannon, muzzleloader, archery, camp life demos and
historic style show on public days. Competitions include shooting, hawk &
knife, archery, Highland games and Dutch oven cooking. Seminars. Visit the
NRLHF website for pre-registration form and fees, www.nrlhf.org. Mail to PO
Box 376, Hershey PA, 17033 (717-312-3016) For directions, visit the webiste.
Sept. 24-26, 2010 - Back to the Days of Kosciusko Timeline, Red
Brush Village at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds, Warsaw, Ind.
Contact 574-453-1846, dawn@backtothedays.com. Juried event. Contact for
registration information. Timeline event for sutlers, venders, civilians, Native
Americans, mountain men and military and civilians portraying life and events
pre-1900. School day Friday. Public admission $3, children 6-12 $1.
Address: 1400 E Smith St, Warsaw, Ind.
Sept. 25-26, 2010 - Prairie Days on Shawnee Prairie Preserve,
Greenville, Ohio, Darke County. Contact 937-548-0165,
info@darkecountyparks.org, www.darkecountyparks.org. Event focuses on
prairie life 1780-1810, featuring crafts, games, apple butter cooking, tall
tales, vendors and trades of the time period. Looking for more re-enactors
and vendors. Call to arrange set-up Thursday and Friday. No camp fee.
Vendors fee $25. Registration required. Friday school day 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
(new this year). Public hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday 9-4 and noon-4 p.m.
Sunday 12-4. Blanket hawk & knife competition. Apple butter cooking,
Location: Just outside of Greenville on SR 502.
Oct. 2-3, 2010 - Fort Rowdy Gathering, Covington, Ohio. Contact
Melissa Adams, 937-773-8085, or info@fortrowdy.org, (937)473-5439, www.
fortrowdy.org. For advanced registration application, go to website. Early
setup Wednesday and tear down no later than the following Wednesday.
Camp fee $15, traders $25 before Sept. 1; or $25 and $35 later. Activities
include hawk & knife, spear throw, bow shoot, lizard pull, flint & steel, cooking
contests, rolling pin and skillet toss and children's games. Auction Saturday
to support event. Modern or primitive donations requested. Location:
Covington is west of Piqua.
Oct. 2-3, 2010 - The Gathering at Aukerman Creek and Fall Farm
Festival, Preble County Historical Center, Eaton, Ohio. Contact Jane
Lightner, 937-787-4256, preblecohistsoc@brecnet.com. Advanced
registration required. Join the Miami Valley 1700-1865 Reenactors Company
for its part in a timeline event combined with fall farm festival. No camp fees.
Vendor fee, $50. No vendor fees if demonstrating. Address: 7693 Swartsel
Road, Eaton, Ohio. Location: A mile northwest of Gratis and six miles
southeast of Eaton off SR 122.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Seneca Muzzleloaders Fall Rendezvous, club
grounds, TR 131, Tiffin, Ohio, Seneca County. Contact John Miller, 419-
447-2656. Rifle shoot, archery and hawk & knife competitions. Camp potluck
Saturday evening. Registration is $15 on site. Setup Thursday evening and
all day Friday. No pets. Located along the Sandusky River five miles south of
Tiffin at the Sandusky River Coon Hunters grounds.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Harvest Moon Rendezvous, Infirmary Mound Park,
Granville, Ohio, Licking County. Sponsored by the Deathwind Long Rifle
Club. Contact Jeff and Dee Keefe, 740-281-0430, bhawk55@roadrunner.
com, or C.L. Smith (Smitty), 740-745-5649. A pre-1840 event open to period
shooters, sutlers, buckskinners, re-enactors and craftsmen. Early setup
Thursday. Camp fee is $15, which includes one medallion. Additional
medallions $5 each. Medallion required to participate in events. Public hours
noon-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.
Friday night bean supper provided for campers. Saturday night potluck and
Dutch oven cooking contest. Competitions include rifle match, hawk & knife,
woodswalk, fire starting, archery. No pets. Directions: Infirmary Mound Park is
on SR 37 about three miles south of Granville, Ohio.
Oct. 8-10, 2010 - Fall Ohio Flintlock and Buckskin Rendezvous,
location to be announced. Contact Bob May, 419-991-1504, or Pete
Raine, 614-314-0583. Pre-1840 dress and flintlock required. Ohio's oldest
rendezvous. Only fee is $25 blanket prize. Location changes each spring
and fall. Call to be placed on mailing list.
Oct. 15-17, 2010 - Sons of Liberty Fall Rendezvous, Canter's Cave 4-H
Camp, Jackson, Ohio, Jackson County. Contact Norm Garringer, 740-773-
3891, or Larry Zornes, 740-286-2743, www.canterscave4hcamp.com. Camp
fee for ages 16 and older is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. No
separate sutler fee. Camp potluck 6 p.m. Saturday. Competitions include
hawk & knife, archery, woods walk, shoots daily. $5 fee per match; $6 if not
in period dress. No pets. Five miles north of Jackson, Ohio, off SR 35 on TR
223.
Oct. 15-17, 2010 - Call to Liberty, Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County.
Contact booshway Andy Huey, 937-935-4461, aide de camp Chris Callison,
937-546-8673, swilliams@ctcn.net. www.calltoliberty.com. Set-up after 9 a.m.
Thursday. Pre-registration on or before Oct. 1 is $25 per camp or after Oct.
1 is $30. Competitions include shoots, archery, hawk & knife, atlatl, Seneca
Run, games. Camp meal provided Friday night.
Oct. 16-17, 2010 - Oak Ridge Festival, Attica, Ohio, Seneca County.
Contact Big Mark, 419-560-0136, www.oakridgefestival.com. Event in
conjunction with a craft festival. Competitions include primitive archery, rifle
and smoothbore woods walk, hawk & knife. Set-up Friday. Traders can
set up Thursday. Tear-down 4 p.m. Sunday. Camp fee for pre-registered
families is $25 and $30 for traders plus a prize donation of $15 value.
Registration due Oct. 1. Walk-in fees are $5 more. No pets. Located on TR
104 north of the US 224/SR 4 intersection.
Oct. 16-17, 2010 - Schoenbrunn Village Colonial Trade Fair,
Schoenbrunn Village Historical Site, New Philadelphia, Ohio,
Tuscarawas County. Juried event for time period 1750-1789. Contact Jack
Johnson, jack@schoenbrunnvillagefair.org or download jury rules and
application form at schoenbrunnvillagefair.org and follow online instructions.
Located on the actual site of the Delaware Moravian Village in use from 1772-
1777. The village has 17 reconstructed cabins and ample area for tents,
including a special area for Native American re-enactors. Location: SR 259
just outside New Philadelphia.
Oct. 22-23, 2010 - All Hallows Eve Celebration, Seven Eagles
Historical Education Center, 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids,
Ohio, Wood County. Vendors, reenactors and campers contact Martin Nagy,
419-509-0095, MartinNagy@aol.com. Forty acres of woods, two-acre Cricket
Frog Pond and open meadows. The site includes a recreated 40-foot
Woodland Indian longhouse and 20-foot wigwam, a Scottish tavern, trappers
hut, a 205-year-old pioneer cabin and a trading post. Registration fee is $5
per person ages 6 and older, plus $10 for blanket traders and $25 for
vendors. Find application from events page at http://seven-eagles.com.
Mailing address: Seven Eagles, P.O. Box 246, Grand Rapids, OH 43522.
One mile south of Grand Rapids and one mile north of U.S. 6.
Oct. 29-31, 2010 - Greene County Fish and Game Fall Rendezvous,
Xenia, Ohio, Greene County. Contact Tom Cryder through the website,
gcfng.com. Fees $15 per single or $25 per family. Shoots, archery, hawk &
knife. Camp potluck Saturday evening. No pets. Location: 1538 Union Road,
Xenia, Ohio. From SR 68, turn onto Union Road and go 2.2 miles south to
the club grounds. Look for a green and white sign at the driveway on the left
side of Union Road.
Oct. 30-31, 2010 - French & Indian War Woods Tactical, 1754-1760,
Bellville, Ohio, Richland County. Contact Doc Shaffer,
belleville1755@yahoo.com, www.angelfire.com/mi3/FandIwar. Open to all F&I
unit members known to Doc Shaffer and crew. All others by invitation only.
French Fort, Indian village, British encampment. Participate in tactical
demonstrations. Usually there is a sutler. Pre-registration is required. Setup
Friday. Camp fee is donation. Not open to the public. Lunches and suppers
available for donation starting Friday evening. Contact for directions.
Nov. 6-7, 2010 - Fall Rendezvous, Kill-um Buck Longrifles, club
grounds, near Millersburg, Ohio, Holmes County. Contact Bruce Bilickzy,
330-769-3529, or Tom Cousin, 330-674-4476. Setup Friday afternoon.
Camp fees $15 per camp for one shooter for one day or $25 to shoot both
days. Additional shooters in the same camp are $15 for one day and $25 for
two days. Wood walk Saturday. Novelty shoot Sunday. Hawk & knife.
Directions: From Millersburg, take SR 83 to SR 62 to SR 520 to TR 54.
Nov. 7-8, 2010 - Pioneer Village Fall Gathering, Ceasar's Creek
Pioneer Village, Waynesville, Ohio, Warren County. Contact Dave Pitney,
419-596-3155; Steve Reynolds, 937-266-5436; Dan Roberts, 740-501-5855,
www.ceasarscreek.org, ccpv@embarqmail.com, 513-897-1120.
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