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24-HOUR CAMP (Starts 10:00 am)
Consists of the following activities and
demonstrations:
- Upon
arrival, students will be dressed in period clothing provided by “Old
Sierra”
- Nature
hike in from front gate all the way to Old Sierra grounds. . . includes
authentic Maidu grinding rocks
- Rope
making
- Candle
making
- Demonstration
on spinning wool
- Demonstration
on blacksmithing
- Caring
for farm animals
- Butter
making
- Demonstration
on pioneer cooking with dutch ovens
- Beginning
buck skinning – learn to make functional items using authentic deerskin
- Students
will sleep in buck skinner teepee and historically accurate tents built
specifically for the “Old Sierra” camp experience
- Complete
lunch and supper on day one along with complete breakfast on day two. . . two or
three healthy snacks served
- Stories,
singing and authentic pioneer diary reading around the campfire at night
- “Nichols
Mercantile” and “Old Sierra General Store” will be open and functioning
right in the “Old Sierra Homestead” . . . an’ they be plum full of
handmade crafts and goodies!
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