48-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
• Students will sleep in buck skinner teepee and historically accurate tents built specifically for the “Old Sierra” camp experience
• 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!
• Students receive a lesson on covered wagon construction and usage – identifying various wagon parts and their functions
• Lesson on spinning wool into usable yarn – students participate and this includes a lesson on clothing production of time
• Demonstration on flint and steel fire starting – sire without matches
• Preparation and completion of beef jerky over open fire
• Advanced buck skinning – replaces intermediate buck skinning
• Tin punch lesson which students will keep their project
• Blacksmith makes a gift for the teacher
• Lesson on animal tracking
• Indian and Mountain Man doll making which student will keep their project
• Native American cordage – ropes from plants which students will keep
• Complete lunch and supper on day one, complete breakfast, lunch, and supper on day two, and complete breakfast on day three