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BUCKLEY HOMESTEAD NEWS
Horse-drawn Bobsled
Rides on the Farm
Horse-Drawn Bobsled Rides offered at the
Homestead on Saturday and Sundays in January and February. CALL BEFORE
COMING TO THE PARK --
Winter weather is a tricky thing. What you experience at your home may not be what is happening on the farm
in Lowell, so call ahead before coming to the park to make certain rides will be
offered.
Woodland Indian Camp at Buckley
You are invited to see how the
Woodland Indians, who lived in Lake County before the white man settled here,
lived. See the wigwam home,
clothing with decorations, wild and cultivated foods – all nestled in the
hardwood and pine trees.
Hear the stories, smell the cooking fire, and feel the bark of the
willow saplings in the wigwam frame as volunteer re-enactors live the lifestyle
of those who were here in 1750. The Callumic Band of Great
Lakes Woodland Alliance sets up camp in the Buckley Homestead back 80 acres,
just southeast of the pioneer farm. Follow
the pathway behind the cabin. Woodland Indian Camp
Open in 2011 on June
25-26 (DUE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE CAMP WILL BE CLOSED), Sept. 3-4, Oct. 8-9 and 22-23 To read letters from early travelers click here Woodland Indian Camp at Buckley - letters from history
“I
went to the village, where I bought a little Indian corn and a piece of venison;
and then Godefroi and I rode on till it was dark, in hopes of reaching Detroit
the next day; and finding water, made a fire near it, and passed the night
there, having left our fellow-travelers to sleep with the (Potawatamis) . . .”
Journal of Captain Thomas Morris, 1764
Captain
Morris would have done well had he visited the Woodland Camp at the Buckley
Homestead; corn and venison are plentiful, and a warm fire always greets
travelers at the 18th century Native village. Visitors will always
find many aspects of daily life being interpreted on those weekends that the
village is occupied, but additional themes will be emphasized on certain dates: Buckley admission or special event fees are charged on some of these weekends |