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Port Oneida FairThe second Friday and Saturday of August, amid a pastoral setting of meadows, maples, barns, farmhouses and corncribs, the Port Oneida Rural Historic District awakens from its peaceful slumber and comes alive with activity true to the period when it was a community of robust settlers. Once again visitors are invited to step back in time at the two-day Port Oneida Fair to experience life as it was in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Visitors can take the trolley, drive, hike, or bike to the six unique historic sites where a variety of traditional rural crafts and activities take place. Timber framers, antique boat builders and quilt makers will be demonstrating their craft. Potters and blacksmiths will be hard at work. Children can try their hand at crosscut sawing and other farm implements. Oxen can be seen cutting hay in the fields while artists in the fields create paintings inspired by the cultural landscape. Take in a display of antique bicycles, cameras and phonographs. Learn about basket weaving, soapmaking, buttermaking, candle dipping, spinning, and fur trapping. Satisfy your curiosity and walk through many of the historic farmhouses and barns that will be open for tours. Park rangers and local history experts will share interpretive history various farm sites. Food will be available or pack a picnic lunch to eat on the trail or in a farm meadow. The event is hosted by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, sponsored by the Friends of Sleeping Bear, and co-sponsored by Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, the Leelanau Historical Museum and the Glen Arbor Art Association. For more information, call the Park at 326-5135. The Port Oneida Fair is made possible with the support of the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Buttermaking Quilters Soapmaking Penny rugmaking Hammered dulcimer Exhibits, open for tours, poster and print available Old Time Photographs Farmer's Market Rug Hooking Box Lunch Social – Dave Taghon Saturday Noon Only Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear booth Cherry Republic ice cream for donation and water and more! Go Back :: Home Page |