Annual Heritage Days

On the last weekend of July, the American Farm Heritage Museum in Greenville holds a Heritage Day Festival.  Mike and I went to check it out this year.  It is a three day festival and we attended the morning of the first day.   According to one of the vendors this is the quietest day.  Even so we got to see quite a bit.

A replica of Hill's Fort, an early 1800's fort
that served as the first Bond County seat of government.  

Mike holding an axe that is a reproduction of the type used in the fort in the 1800's.  
He is listening to some '1812 soldiers'  talk about fighting with the area Indians. 

The fort was originally used by area surveyors in the early 1800's.
That is the line (above the picture) they actually used as part of their surveying tools.
It is 200 years old.  

Mike reading the plaque on the blockhouse.  It commemorates the attack of September 9, 1814 when 13 Rangers and civilians were bush-whacked outside the fort.  Four were killed and three were injured.  A women from the fort rode to their rescue which inspired a few men to join her.  If not for them there would have been even more casualties.  

A woman fighting off enemies of the settlers like they did in 1814.  

A working sawmill.  Just like they did things in 1909.  

International Harvester was the featured tractor company.
Also, lots of local antique tractors, farm equipment and gas engines were on display.  

The Parade of Tractors.