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2009 Summer Event Schedule
 

Week of June 20 - 26

20 Free Day - No Fees Charged
    Play Old-fashioned Games: 1:00 - 4:00
    Contra Dancing: 7:30 pm

21 Free Day - No Fees Charged
    
Old-fashioned Games: 1:00 - 4:00 

 

Week of June 27 - July 3

27-28 Meet Narcissa Whitman: 1:00 - 4:00
       Meet a Voyageur: 1:00 - 4:00
       Write with a Quill Pen: 1:00 - 4:00

July 1 Pioneer Stories with Tom McCormack 7:00 pm

 

Week of July 4 - 10

4-5  Make a Jumping Jack: 1:00 - 4:00

 

Week of July 11 - 17

11   Learn to Bead: 1:00 - 4:00

12   Dyeing: 1:00 - 4:00

15   Doan Creek Walk: 7:00 pm

 

Week of July 18 -24

18-19 Free Day - No Fees Charged
         
Blacksmithing: 1:00 - 4:00
          Riding Sidesaddle: 1:00-4:00
          Contra Dancing: 7:30 pm (Saturday only)

 

Week of July 25 - 31

25-26   Start a Fire with Flint and Steel: 1:00 - 4:00

29        Bird walk with Mike Denny: 7:00 pm

 

Week of August 1 - 7

1  Native American Stories with John Bevis: 2:00
    Make a Pictograph: 1:00 - 4:00

2  Make a Pictograph: 1:00 - 4:00
    Write with a Quill Pen:  1:00 - 4:00

 

Week of August 8 - 14

8-9   Spinning: 1:00 - 4:00

 

Week of August 15 - 21

15 Free Day - No Fees Charged
    "Trash to Treasure": Contest & Crafts
     Details coming soon.

16 Free Day - No Fees Charged 
   Learn to Bead

 

Week of August 22 - 28

22 Throw an Atlatl
[Note: Live Birds of Prey has been canceled for this Saturday and is being re-scheduled)

23 Throw an Atlatl

25 Bird Walk with Mike Denny: 7:00 pm

 

Week of August 29 - September 4

29-30   Play Old-fashioned Games: 1:00 - 4:00

Woman in period clothing with horse
2009 Summer Event Schedule Revised pdf
Summer schedule compressed to a single page.
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Marcus Whitman statue near Whitman College  

Did You Know?
A statue is near the campus of Whitman College of Marcus Whitman. The inscription at the base says, 'MY PLANS REQUIRE TIME AND DISTANCE'.

Last Updated: August 10, 2009 at 19:03 EST