The reenactment of the Battle of Hager's Farm will take place May 4-6, 2012. Events include camps, a Ladies Social, two days of battles, a Grand Ball, night fire, period church servies, and historic readings. Contact Greg Swartz rebelscout1861@yahoo.com (606) 265-5278 for more information.
Ray Adkins book Homeland Defenders "Incident at Hager's Farm" is available from Ray Adkins. Contact him at erayadkins@gmail.com
The Gap will host a workshop building gabions, a wicker basket filled with dirt and used for fortifications, on June 16-17. Contact Martha Wiley at 246-1051 or Pan Eddy at 246-1072.
We will make molasses Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Come out and
watch how our ancestors made their sweetener before processed
sugar was available. Honey and molasses was all that was available.
We are working on several projects. A new building will be a great asset to the community as well as the reenactment, and Brashearville. Our plan includes a large space for seating, bathrooms with showers, a women's dressing room, a kitchen, stage, and storage area. The community may use this for family gatherings, art shows, lessons, music, etc.
We are restoring the barn, since we did not have a place to keep our mule. We salvaged all the good logs from the previous barn, and replaced the rotten ones. We will have a period pioneer barn when finished.
We are also building a replica of a salt furnace such as may have been used at the Brashearville Salt Works in the early 1800s. Brine was pumped from a well and the water was boiled away in large kettles to produce salt.
Another project is to use cut stone to replace the rail fences next to the swinging bridge. The stone will look nice there.
We have a couple Confederate frock coats on our "For Sale" page
(Contact Us/ For Sale), and a set of Union clothes.
The picture is not that of the ones for sale.
The next Board meeting will be May 20, 2012 at 3 pm at the General Store.
