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  • Cook Forest French & Indian War Encampment

    All day
    13-06-26
    PA DCNR: Cook Forest State Park
    Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts
    Cook Forest Sawmill Art Center, Cooksburg, PA, United States

    Cook Forest State Park, Sawmill Center for the Arts & Black Bear Trail

    100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

    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 include woodland natives, cannon and musket firing, cooking, primitive skills, 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 re-enactors as they portray lifestyles of the 18th century.

     

    Saturday, June 13

    1000am-600pm    Event Open

    1000am-1100am  Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    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

    1030pm-500pm   Sutler Row Demonstrators – Want to meet with skilled artisans to make a trade or purchase?  Looking to get into the hobby and need clothing & accoutrements?  Meet tinsmiths, cordwainers, leather  workers, cooks, gunsmiths,  clothiers, weapons outfitters, and gourd makers in the long field on your right as you come into the main Sawmill entrance.

    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

    100pm-130pm     American Indian Relations: French vs English – Witness a high spirited discussion between British & French forces on the differences between how they managed their relationships with various American Indian tribes.  By the camp Corps of Reenactors, along the Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site.

    100pm-200pm     Dances of the 18th Century – Join us at the Sawmill Theater to learn about one of early America’s lost social pastimes, dancing.  We will demonstrate some of these dances and invite you to participate at the end to learn George Washington’s favorite dance!  By Addisen Noel & the Hickory Creek Dancers

    200pm-300pm     18th Century Children’s Games – by the Noel family, Compagnie LeBoeuf, along Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site

    300pm-500pm     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    330pm-400pm     Cannon & Musket Firing Demo  – 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-900pm     Echoes of Excellence: Harpsichord Music from the Courts of King  Louis the XIV & XVI – by Aaron Grabowski, Compagnie LeBoeuf artillerist & musician, at the Sawmill Theater

     

     

    Sunday, June 14

    900am-330pm     Event Open

    900am-930am     18th Century Sunday Service – by Rick Sanguigni of ’Friends of Dennis Murray’, located in the main encampment site along Black Bear Trail

    930am-1100am     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    930am-300pm      French & Indian War Era Art & Demonstrators – Meet with distinguished artists, authors, artisans, and demonstrators in the old Sawmill Classroom

    930pm-300pm     Sutler Row Demonstrators – Want to meet with skilled artisans to make a trade or purchase?  Looking to get into the hobby and need clothing & accoutrements?  Meet tinsmiths, cordwainers, leather  workers, cooks, gunsmiths, clothiers, weapons outfitters, and gourd makers in the long field on your right as you come into the main Sawmill entrance.

    1015am-1045am       18th Century Children’s Games – by the Noel Family, Compagnie LeBoeuf, along the Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site

    1130am-1200pm      In Defense of the Homeland – Morning surprise tactical assault at the main encampment site along Black Bear Trail

    1230pm-100pm     Citizen’s Drill – We’re looking for a few good men to fight for King Louis!  Opposable teeth required.  By Nick Bolla, Compagnie LeBoeuf, meet at the water tower in the main encampment site near Black Bear Trail

    1230pm-200pm     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    1230pm-115pm    An Afternoon with Ben Franklin – Join one of the founding fathers of our country as he reminisces about science, philosophy, and his involvement in the French & Indian forts of the 1750’s. By Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking, at the Sawmill Theater.

    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

     

     

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  • Cook Forest French & Indian War Encampment

    All day
    14-06-26
    PA DCNR: Cook Forest State Park
    Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts
    Cook Forest Sawmill Art Center, Cooksburg, PA, United States

    Cook Forest State Park, Sawmill Center for the Arts & Black Bear Trail

    100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

    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 include woodland natives, cannon and musket firing, cooking, primitive skills, 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 re-enactors as they portray lifestyles of the 18th century.

     

    Saturday, June 13

    1000am-600pm    Event Open

    1000am-1100am  Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    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

    1030pm-500pm   Sutler Row Demonstrators – Want to meet with skilled artisans to make a trade or purchase?  Looking to get into the hobby and need clothing & accoutrements?  Meet tinsmiths, cordwainers, leather  workers, cooks, gunsmiths,  clothiers, weapons outfitters, and gourd makers in the long field on your right as you come into the main Sawmill entrance.

    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

    100pm-130pm     American Indian Relations: French vs English – Witness a high spirited discussion between British & French forces on the differences between how they managed their relationships with various American Indian tribes.  By the camp Corps of Reenactors, along the Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site.

    100pm-200pm     Dances of the 18th Century – Join us at the Sawmill Theater to learn about one of early America’s lost social pastimes, dancing.  We will demonstrate some of these dances and invite you to participate at the end to learn George Washington’s favorite dance!  By Addisen Noel & the Hickory Creek Dancers

    200pm-300pm     18th Century Children’s Games – by the Noel family, Compagnie LeBoeuf, along Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site

    300pm-500pm     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    330pm-400pm     Cannon & Musket Firing Demo  – 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-900pm     Echoes of Excellence: Harpsichord Music from the Courts of King  Louis the XIV & XVI – by Aaron Grabowski, Compagnie LeBoeuf artillerist & musician, at the Sawmill Theater

     

     

    Sunday, June 14

    900am-330pm     Event Open

    900am-930am     18th Century Sunday Service – by Rick Sanguigni of ’Friends of Dennis Murray’, located in the main encampment site along Black Bear Trail

    930am-1100am     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    930am-300pm      French & Indian War Era Art & Demonstrators – Meet with distinguished artists, authors, artisans, and demonstrators in the old Sawmill Classroom

    930pm-300pm     Sutler Row Demonstrators – Want to meet with skilled artisans to make a trade or purchase?  Looking to get into the hobby and need clothing & accoutrements?  Meet tinsmiths, cordwainers, leather  workers, cooks, gunsmiths, clothiers, weapons outfitters, and gourd makers in the long field on your right as you come into the main Sawmill entrance.

    1015am-1045am       18th Century Children’s Games – by the Noel Family, Compagnie LeBoeuf, along the Black Bear Trail at the main encampment site

    1130am-1200pm      In Defense of the Homeland – Morning surprise tactical assault at the main encampment site along Black Bear Trail

    1230pm-100pm     Citizen’s Drill – We’re looking for a few good men to fight for King Louis!  Opposable teeth required.  By Nick Bolla, Compagnie LeBoeuf, meet at the water tower in the main encampment site near Black Bear Trail

    1230pm-200pm     Blacksmithing Demonstration – by ‘Friends of Dennis Murray’, across from Sawmill Craft Market

    1230pm-115pm    An Afternoon with Ben Franklin – Join one of the founding fathers of our country as he reminisces about science, philosophy, and his involvement in the French & Indian forts of the 1750’s. By Paul Stillman, living historian from Historically Speaking, at the Sawmill Theater.

    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

     

  • Women’s Hiking Series

    17:00 -19:00
    14-06-26
    PA DCNR: Cook Forest State Park
    Cook Forest State Park – Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom
    Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Center, Cooksburg, PA
    Cook Forest State Park, Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom

    100 RT 36, Cooksburg, PA 16217-0120

    Sunday evenings, nurturing your mental & physical health, moderate level hiking, approximately 2hrs long, open to all women ages 14 & up, dogs on a leash, rain or shine.

     

    June 14

    500pm starting at the Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom

     

    For more information, please contact Meredith Reinhart (814)319-4621.

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  • Clarion River Boating Program: Gravel Lick-Mill Creek

    All day
    26-06-26
    PA DCNR: Cook Forest State Park

    Cook Forest State Park, Park Office

    Please join us for an interpretive  guided float down the National Wild & Scenic Clarion River.  Wildlife and lumber history abound along this secluded stretch of the river.  Fishing is excellent.  Help us document wood duck nesting success, river otter sign, and bald eagle nests while we kayak through the Steel Trap.  This is a true wilderness boating experience.  No sign of human occupation until we get near the end.  Only experienced boaters permitted.  Please meet at the Park Office where we will drive to the starting point.  Folks must pre-register by 6/22 by contacting the Park Office at (814)744-8407.  Registration limited to 10 boats.  Cost is $50/boat payable by cash, check or money   order made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  All boats, gear, and lunch provided.  Prior Cook Forest kayak training participants receive a 50% discount.  Register early, available spots go fast.  See you on the river!

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