Crowley's Ridge Black Powder Club
Stepping back into Early America
If the hustle and bustle of the 21st Century is getting you down, you have a chance this weekend to take a quick trip into the past. A short drive to Bloomfield, Missouri will take you back to the late 1800's, when life was a lot more simple and basic than it is now.
Once a year, the empty field south of Bloomfield becomes a time machine, where curious amateur history buffs can satisfy their desire to walk in the past. Several like-minded groups gather to recreate those olden times.
This weekend, the Crowley's Ridge Black Powder Club is hosting a camp which features homespun crafts and demonstrations involving primitive archery, music, blacksmithing and tomahawk throwing.
I was there yesterday and struck up a conversation with a charming young lady named Cheyenne Cahee, who came from Melbourne, Arkansas with her family, all of whom are a part of this history project. While Cheyenne uses her talents to bead, weave, and crochet, her brother works in the blacksmith shop next door, and her mother and sister make period clothes and work in the food tent.
Since the competitions don't start until today (Saturday, Oct. 1), I spent my time yesterday browsing through the Rawhide Trading Company tent, where I was fascinated by Cheyenne's hand-woven pine needle baskets. I bought a basket, a coral bead choker, and an Early American cream pitcher.
It's a relaxing, easy-going lifestyle. I would enjoy just sitting in an old rocker and absorbing the atmosphere and the sunshine.
Today we're going for breakfast (between 7 and 9 a.m.), and we're hoping to see the primitive archery contest, before we head on north to Marble Hill's Fall Festival. A trip south would take you to the Sikeston Cotton Carnival.
Fall is a busy, fun time of year in the Heartland, folks! Get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather! Could yesterday's sky have been any more BLUE??
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