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Munson Community Heritage Festival
Date: |
October 10-11, 2009- see you next year! |
Time: |
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Cost: |
There is no cost for admission or parking. |
Location: |
Blackwater River State Forest,
Krul Recreation Area. Directions |
Contact: |
Florida Division Forestry
Blackwater Forestry Center
850/ 957-6140 |
Each October, in conjunction with State Forest Awareness Month, Blackwater River State Forest along with the Munson Fire Department and Red Rock Masonic Lodge sponsors a two-day celebration and re-creation of the old days and old-time ways of life in the Deep South, in and around the Munson Community. This event provideds educational and informational exhibits, demonstrations, music, and guided ecology tours.
Blackwater River State Forest
Grist Mill |
A forest and wildlife education display will be staffed by Foresters, Biologists, and Fish and Wildlife Technicians to provide information about the flora, fauna, and recreation activities of Blackwater River State Forest. Live animals native to the area will be on display. Division of Forestry staff who provide services to private landowners will also be available to answer questions. Guided ecology tours will be conducted on the Sweetwater Creek Boardwalk Trail. The Friends of Florida State Forests and the Florida Trail Association will be represented, along with other recreation user groups.
Old-Timey Ways and Activities:
A partial list of the demonstrations of old-time ways includes cow milking, a sugar cane mill, cane syrup making, wood stove cooking, plowing with a mule, food preserving, whip making, quilting, chair caning, bee keeping, basket making, blacksmithing, moonshining, water-powered gristmill operation, corn shelling, a chicken house, antique gas engines, meat smoking, thread spinning, tatting, sewing on old treadle sewing machines, Dutch oven cooking, animal trapping the old-time way, a re-enactment camp of the War of Northern Aggression, Native American displays, wood carving, basket making, corn-shuck dolls, dulcimer making, shoe cobbling the old way, cross-cut sawing, and old logging equipment.
Blacksmith |
Music:
The Sawgrass Revival Band headlines the list of continuous performers of old-time southern acoustic string music, live on the stage of the famous Ryman.
Red Rock Masonic Lodge and
Munson Fire Department:
On Saturday only, the Red Rock Masonic Lodge will have an Open House, with an extensive display of photographs, newspaper-articles, and other memorabilia of the time when Munson was the center of a thriving forest products industry. A local authority on turpentining will display his collection, and there will be a display of local taxidermy specimens, and a Fish and Wildlife Commission Officer available to answer questions about hunting and fishing in the Blackwater area.
Also on Saturday only, the Munson Volunteer Fire Department will open the doors to its new building, will have its rescue/firefighting equipment on display, will have a child identification program available, and will demonstrate victim rescue/extraction.
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