News Release

Free Fun for the Entire Family at the 15th Annual Zane Grey Festival

Children having their faces painted at the 14th Annual Zane grey Festival.

National Park Service

News Release Date: July 4, 2019

Contact: Susie Kaspar, 570-85-4871 ext. 6610

The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and the Zane Grey's West Society will host the 15th Annual Zane Grey Festival.  The free festival will be held on the grounds of the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, July 13th, 2019.

The Zane Grey Festival provides fun for the entire family with many activities and events for children and adults throughout the day including:
 

• 11:00 am – Live Bird of Prey Show by Bill Streeter of the Delaware Valley Raptor
• 11:30 am – 3:30 pm – Horse Drawn Wagon Rides by Brook Valley Farm
• 12:30 pm - The Upper Delaware Puppeteers present Wild about Wildlife
• 1:00 pm – Guided Walking tour of Dolly’s Garden Path, the woman behind Zane Grey by Park Ranger Leanne Bruetch
• 1:15- 3:00 pm - Live Folk Music – by local musician Dan Engvaldsen

Throughout the day staff from Steamtown National Historic Site will demonstrate the "Ring of Fire".  There will be craft activities available for children of all ages, a children's scavenger hunt, face painting, primitive skills, weaving demonstrations and more! The Lackawaxen Fire Company will serve hamburgers & hotdogs (donations accepted) and the Honesdale National Bank will serve popcorn and ice cold water all day.

Zane Grey's legacy of literature and sportsmanship lives on in Lackawaxen!  Come join the fun and learn more about the Western novelist that lived in Lackawaxen. For more information call [phone] or email [e-mail].