An annual tradition returns to Poe’s Tavern Historical Park in Soddy-Daisy next to city hall. The free event invites attendees to enjoy activities like:
• Food from the ‘Chuckwagon’
• TWRA on site with a collection of pelts from local animals for the kids to see and feel.
• SPURRED WEST: A dedicated group of individuals committed to promoting Wild West history through well-researched reenactments and living history displays. They tell the often-forgotten stories of Southerners and their significant contributions to the American West.
• Mountain Men encampment
• Trail of Tears history with Carlos Wilson
• Information on medicinal herbs and flowers
• Children’s games
• Kid-friendly animals
• Oak Street ‘Trinity Train’
• Quilt display
• Basket making
• Spoon carvers
• Old guns
• Open fire cooking in the reproduction Poe’s Tavern.
• 1877 apple cider press
• 100 + year old corn sheller to shell corn, crack the corn, and feed it to chickens.
• Blacksmiths
• Soap makers