Old Summit show returns for fall season

by Patti Klinge | Sep 1, 2021 | Vintage

September 2021

Old Summit show returns for fall season

With fall approaching, so too is the popular Old Summit Country Antiques Show.
The large show, scheduled for Sept. 11, features booths of antiques, vintage items and collectibles, also takes place in January and June at the John Know Pavilion in Lee’s Summit. The next show will take place Jan. 15, 2022.

The show includes lots of items from the turn of the century. “Over 60 dealers from several Midwest states are carefully selected to provide you a unique shopping experience which takes you back to the late 1800s,” according to the event’s Facebook page.

Admission to the Sept. 11 show is $5, with food provided by Matthew’s Catering. For more information, call 816-537-7033.

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

by Patti Klinge | Sep 1, 2021 | Mid-American, Vintage

September 2021

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

The small town of Council Grove is getting ready for a big party to celebrate the Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary as a major route for trade in the 19th century.

The Rendezvous at Council Grove, scheduled for Sept. 17-19, will feature a host of activities designed to highlight life and historical events that would shape the history of the trial since 1821. A pageant sponsored by local group Voices of the Wind, made up of Konza Indians from the Kaw Nation, will “depict the changes affected by two vastly different cultures.

As the Kaw Indians were being relocated and European American settlers were beginning to populate Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail, the dynamics of these two cultures co-existing proved to be intense,” according to the group’s website. The rendezvous also will include a mountain man exposition, an antique wagon show, and blacksmithing demonstrations.

The Voices of the Wind performances take place in the old Neosho riverbed near historic downtown Council Grove and adjacent to the Santa Fe Trail crossing on the Neosho River. The production incorporates historic photos, images of the prairie landscape, and video images with the live-action of a pack train, wagon train, stagecoach, riders on horseback, tepees and the campfire of a Kanza village, according to event co-organizer Diane Griz.

For more information, visit www.santafetrail200.com/rendezvous-at-council-grove.

Konza Indians from the Kaw Nation perform their Voices of the Wind pageant at a previous event. The performance will be a highlight of this year’s Council Grove Rendezvous. (Image courtesy of Facebook)

Get a glimpse at pioneer life at farming, historical craft days event

by Patti Klinge | Sep 1, 2021 | Vintage

October 2021

Get a glimpse at pioneer life at farming, historical craft days event

Various farm animals will help attendees take a peek at pioneer life on the farm at the 24th annual Mid-Missouri Horse, Mule and Ox Farming and Historical Craft Days.

The event, scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3 in Gerald, offers a wide array of family-friendly activities and the opportunity to make furry new friends. Activities and demonstrations throughout both days will include sorghum pressing, molasses cooking, corn grinding, spinning, soapmaking, blacksmithing, basket making, and dry stone masonry.

In addition, Walter Schlemper, mule man, author and woodcarver, will be on hand for a meet and greet; the Missouri Prairie Foundation will have native plants on display; Terry Lipel will be performing live bluegrass and gospel music; and, of course, there will be plenty of mules, horses, and oxen on the grounds.

Admission to the event is $6 for those ages 6 and older; children 5 and younger get in for free.

For more information, call 573-764-2629 or e-mail tenacity2fidnet.com.

A man demonstrates how to plow a field at the 20th annual Mid-Missouri Horse, Mule and Ox Farming and Historical Craft Days. This year’s event is set for Oct. 2 and 3 in Gerald, MO.
(Image courtesy of txwaywardwind.blogspot.com.)

Trailside Center to mark Santa Fe Trail’s
anniversary with festival

by Patti Klinge | Sep 1, 2021 | Vintage

September 2021

Trailside Center to mark Santa Fe Trail’s
anniversary with festival

The Trailside Center will be one of several organizations celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail this year.

The center will host a festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 18. The event will include guest speakers, live music, and items related to the trail’s history on display.

The Trailside Center, located at Trailside Center at 99th and Holmes Road in Kansas City, sits adjacent to one of the original trails heading west. The center, a non-profit organization, provides educational resources for trail and Civil War afficionados.

For more information, contact the Trailside Center 816-942-3581 or e-mail margarethughes527@yahoo.com.

Kansas City’s Trailside Center hosts many speakers and events each year related to the Santa Fe Trail and the Civil War. The center will host a festival celebrating the trail’s 200th anniversary this September. (photo courtesy of kcparks.org)

Heritage Festival will transport attendees to traditions of the past

by Patti Klinge | Sep 1, 2021 | Vintage

September 2021

Heritage Festival will transport attendees to
traditions of the past

Attendees will convene in historic Nifong Park to watch traditional tradesmen selling their wares and engaging in “lost arts.” Cowboys with their chuck wagons will demonstrate their cooking skills, but even if that doesn’t put a rumble in your tummy, food vendors will be on site. Browse more than 70 vendors of homemade crafts, take a tour of the Boone County Cultural and Historical Center, and listen to live music representing a number of genres, including Celtic, Blues, Cajun, Folk and Western.

For more information, call 573-874-6341.

Photo by Larry Costales on Unsplash