We made our way to the Sun Prairie Art Fest, Middleton Good Neighbor Days, Marshall River Fest , Waterloo Wiener and Kraut Days (yum?)
De Forest Dragon Fest
etc., etc .
But even more unusual than seeing grand kids milk a giant Holstein and much more interesting was Indian Summer at Ashippun. Ashippun is a small community northeast of Watertown which celebrates living history organized by the Ashippun History Committee.
The event included the "Voyageurs," who were licensed by the French to transport furs and other goods between points A and B in North America. These travellers were limited by the French in order to maintain profitability of the fur trade. Even several Lemkes got into the act on this hand made 18 passenger canoe similar to the ones used on the rivers during the fur trade heyday:
Also displayed was a domed, round shelter or Wigwam as well as a Tipi village. Included was a drum circle and stone prayer circle.
I thought it was somewhat unusual to find a golf cart within the village, but then what do I know?
Included in the event was a Civil War encampment:
The event also included a cook shanty (the :Dirty Ketl"), a trading post, buckskinners, and demonstrations of knife and hawk throwing and "atlatl," or spear throwing. We also came upon this young buck reposing in a buckskinner's tent:
We had a good time walking through the large exhibits and talking with the people who were living in the tents for the weekend event.
Some of us even got a carriage ride pulled by "Sky:"
It was a n intersting event and a quick summer here in south central Wisconsin.
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