Cook Forest State Park will host a series of living history events depicting life during the French & Indian War. Highlights of this full two-day encampment sponsored by the Sawmill Center for the Arts include woodland natives, cannon and musket firing, cooking, primitive skills, 18th century surgical techniques, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, pottery, children’s games, sutler camp, renown living historians, French & Indian War Era artisans, and live tactical engagements. Every battle is different! Take a walk back in time along the Black Bear Trail by the Sawmill Center for the Arts during open camp hours to view British, Colonial, French, and Native American reenactors as they portray lifestyles of the 18th century.
Saturday, June 10
1000am-600pm Event Open
1000am-1100am Blacksmithing Demonstration – by Dennis Murray story-teller (Clarion County’s #1 liar) and blacksmith, across from Sawmill Craft Market
1000am-1130am Quill Pen Fabrication – by Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking in the old Sawmill Classroom ($12 for materials)
1000am-400pm Cooking Demonstration – by Geoffrey Domowicz, Compagnie LeBoeuf chef, along Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site
1030pm-500pm French & Indian War Era Art & Demonstrators – meet with distinguished artists, authors, artisans, and demonstrators in the Old Sawmill Classroom
1100am-1130am Cannon & Musket Firing Demonstration – by the camp Corps of Artillery, located in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
1130am-1200pm Peril in the Forest – tactical engagement in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
1200pm-300pm 18th Century Surgical Techniques – by Jack Mathay Compagnie LeBeouf surgeon, at the NEW Sawmill Classroom
100pm-200pm Nasty Ned the Frontiersmen: 18th Century Teller of Tales & Historical Fact’– by Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking, at the Sawmill Theater
200pm-300pm 18th Century Children’s Games – by Jen Domowicz, Compagnie LeBoeuf, along Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site
300pm-400pm 18th Century Clothing Creation: The Easy Way – by Bonnie Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking in the old Sawmill Classroom
300pm-500pm Blacksmithing Demonstration – by Dennis Murray story-teller (Clarion County’s #1 liar) and blacksmith, across from the Sawmill Craft Market
300-600pm Powderhorn & Turkey Wingbone Call Fabrication – by Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking in the Old Sawmill Classroom ($15 for materials)
330pm-400pm Cannon & Musket Firing Demonstration — by the camp Corps of Artillery, located in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
400pm-430pm Peril in the Forest – tactical engagement in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
800pm-1000pm ‘American’s 1st World War: Causes of the French & Indian War as Told Through the Eyes of Benjamin Franklin and Friends’ by Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking
Sunday, June 11
900am-400pm Event Open
900am-915am 18th Century Sunday Service – by the 42nd Highland Regiment, located in the main encampment site along Black Bear Trail
930am-1100am Blacksmithing Demonstration – by Dennis Murray, story-teller (Clarion County’s #1 liar) and blacksmith, across from the Sawmill Craft Market
1015am-1045am Children’s Musket Drill – by camp Corps of Re-enactors, at the water tower along Black Bear Trail
1100am-200pm Powderhorn & Turkey Wingbone Call Fabrication – by Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking, in the old Sawmill Classroom ($12 for materials)
1100pm-200pm French & Indian War Era Art & Demonstrators – meet with distinguished artists, authors, artisans, and demonstrators in the old Sawmill Classroom
1100am-1130am Cannon & Musket Firing Demonstration – by the camp Corps of Artillery, in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
1130am-1200pm Peril in the Forest – tactical engagement in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
1230pm-200pm 18th Century Surgical Techniques—by Jack Mathay, Company LeBeouf surgeon, at the NEW Sawmill Classroom
1230pm-200pm Blacksmithing Demonstration – by Dennis Murray, story-teller (Clarion County’s #1 liar) and blacksmith, across from the Sawmill Craft Market
200pm-230pm Cannon & Musket Firing Demonstration – by the camp Corps of Artillery, in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
230pm-300pm Peril in the Forest – tactical engagement in the woods along Black Bear Trail across from the old Sawmill Classroom
Find information to plan your trip to the PA Great Outdoors region online at VisitPAGO.com or call (814) 849-5197.
