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The Battle of Round Mountain Educational Day ~Yale, OK

02/24/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I found out about the Battle of Round Mountain Winter Encampment in Yale, OK right before it took place last year and did not make it!

So this year I was determined to get out there.

Friday is the educational day, Saturday and Sunday they have a battle re-enactment.

It is hosted at the Assemblies of God church in Yale.

You park in the church parking lot, go behind the church and you will see the trail sign.

There is a path that leads to the camp.

This was a wonderful setup.

She was so nice and shared so much information with us about the food during that time!

She really wanted the boys to touch everything!

We ended up buying some Molasses Cookies from her and it was like I was back at my Grandma’s house.

She loved Molasses cookies.

There were a couple of shops with some clothing, candy, and toys to buy.

My oldest wanted to know if the pants were pajamas.

This man loved to share and teach.

He wanted to show the kids everything.

I am so thankful for people like this, that share their love of history with kids.

His son was there as well and gave us a demonstration on his drum!

If you would like to hear what it sounded like, I posted a short video I took on YouTube, here.

We remember seeing this guy last year at the Honey Springs Re-enactment.

My oldest was pretty excited to see an artillery sign.

He likes the big guns…

Not sure where to start getting your children excited about history?

Check out how I introduced a love of history to my boys, here.

Or some of my favorite books for kids on the civil war, here.

History, Homeschooling

A Land Run

04/24/2014 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Jennifer of jenslittlethings.com invited us out to her place to re-enact an Oklahoma Land Run!

She had them make flags to stake their claim and then gave a lesson on the Land Run’s in Oklahoma.

Mini land run.

Ready with their flags.

This was as close to period clothing as I could get with my last minute planning.

They are off!

They both lost their hats.

He could not decide where to plant his flag.

Apparently they listened closely about the claim disputes part of the lesson…

They thought trying to steal each others claim was a great idea.

We ate lunch at my oldest’s claim.

Which was really far away from everyone else.

Oh well.

My youngest pointed out that his brothers land was hotter than his land and that we should have eaten at his place because it was cooler.

Yes, I am sure your place is a lot cooler since it is a whole 10 feet away.

She made Oklahoma shaped cookies!

Now I need an Oklahoma cookie cutter and cookie dough, and someone to make them for me…

There was an unexpected visitor!

So cute!

It was a great day!

I have the red neck to prove it!

Or maybe that was because I was too lazy to get the sunscreen out of my vehicle.

History, Museums/Events

Fur Trade Era Rendezvous ~Fort Washita, Durant, OK

04/08/2014 Danielle Huddleston 5 Comments

I had only visited one fort in Oklahoma until last weekend, Fort Gibson.

I kept wanting to visit the other forts but they just seemed too far away for a trip just to see them.

Imagine my delight when I found out that Fort Washita was on the way home from the DanMan Challenge we were going to!

Not only was it on the way but it was having it’s Fur Trade Era Rendezvous the same weekend!

So after we finished our 10K we headed to the Fort to walk around.

Isn’t that what everyone does after running that far?

It was a very big fort so there was a lot of walking.

My feet protested a little but I was okay with that.

My boys noticed his weapon right away and asked to see it.

I really enjoy how people are passionate about sharing history at these events.

Seeing a Dragoon show you his saber is so much better than a picture in a book!

We have gone to so many history events that we have started recognizing the regulars!

This guy has been at two other events that we have been to.

The grounds were beautiful!

The boys always drool all over the handmade weapons.

This fort was taken over by the Confederates during the Civil War.

Dying cloth.

This lady was great!

So full of information on dying fabric!

Dead bugs used for one of the colors(still used today).

Showing the boys how to card wool.

The Blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith had a little canon that he fired.

It was loud!

The Stables.

Candle Making.

This was a beautiful fort!

I am so glad that we got to go!

I really like to visit places like this when an event is going on, it is so much more fun to see people dressed in period clothing when going to historical places.

Most of these places have websites so I just check out their event schedule and add it to our calendar!