Goosenest Prairie Gazette

              Summer, 2008
Goosenest Prairie Gazette
Volunteer Pioneers——Lincoln/Sargent Farm Foundation
Lincoln Log Cabin
State Historic Site
throughout the year, Lincoln Log
Cabin strives to create both educational
and entertainment opportunities de-signed
to create for return visits
throughout the year. The Lin-coln\
Sargent Farm Foundation is also
committed to supporting the site’s edu-cational
goals and has sponsored the
Visiting Artisan Program this year.
We have already had programs by
gunsmith Pappy Horne, felter and hat
maker, Scott Whitehouse, and broom
maker, David Tomlin. Upcoming arti-sans
include a 19th century photogra-pher
on August the 9th and 10th and a
19th century physician on August 30th
and 31st. In addition to these activi-ties,
the annual Bluegrass Jam occurs
this year on Sunday, August 10th from
11 am to 5 pm.
With the aid of our seasonal main-tenance
staff, the site is working this
summer to accomplish some much
needed repairs to the historical farms.
We have constructed a new hog lot
across the creek from the Lincoln’s.
This new enclosure will allow us to
address the severe erosion problem
to the hillside adjacent to the cabin
where the hogs used to reside. It will
also help us protect our Lincoln ar-cheological
heritage. When the hogs
were in residence by the cabin, they
unearthed and disturbed many Lin-coln
era artifacts while they rooted
around in the soil.
Take the opportunity for a return
visit this summer and see what we’ve
got going on!
Lincoln Log Cabin has had a
busy spring and early summer this
year. We officially kicked off our
interpretive season the first week-end
in May with a 19th century Militia
Muster followed by the popular
Sheep-to-Clothing event where we
explored the process of turning raw
materials, ie wool, into a finished
garment. Each of these popular pro-grams
added to our usual visitor
count and gave us a total of a little
over 10,000 visitors for the month of
May.
Through our many special events
Dee Stanford and
participants in the
Summer Youth pro-gram
helped to bring
in the Lincoln’s wheat
crop this year.
In the 19th century
the timely harvesting
of grains such as
wheat and oats were
crucial for the farm
family. Because the
window of opportunity
for harvesting these
grains was often small,
the whole family may
participate in the har-vest
as demonstrated
by our interpreters.
Goings On at
Lincoln Log Cabin