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Annual Events

Heritage Fair

This event is held each year on first Saturday in May.  It celebrates history by inviting various living history groups to participate in conveying various time periods in history. Groups will represent time periods as diverse as the Viking era to the birth of American baseball.  


Rendezvous

There are several Rendezvous held each year conducted by the re-enactment group of the society, which is the TALLOW RIVER TRAPPERS (TRT).  The rendezvous events conducted by the TRT are:


Frozen Toes Rendezvous held in late February


Lancaster Rendezvous held over Memorial Day Weekend


Trapper Days Rendezvous held the weekend after Labor Day


Hunter Widow's Rendezvous (Ladies Only) held in mid-September


Colonial Encampment held in early October




More on Frozen Toes Rendezvous
More on Lancaster Rendezvous
More on trapper Days RENDEZVOUS
More on Hunter Window's RENDEZVOUS
More on Colonial Encampment
Afternoon Teas at the Donelson House

Teas are a social events, lasting from one and one-half to two hours.  As with the traditional English Afternoon Tea, a light meal is served, generally consisting of finger sandwiches, scones, vegetable trays, and deserts. Reservations are required and the teas are only held on certain dates
About the teas
Flyer for the Teas
Pioneer School

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Each summer a Pioneer School is conducted to give children the experience of going to a one-room school.  In addition to learning activities, as they would have been in 1875, several outdoor activities are also planned to engage the students attending the pioneer school.  
Information on pioneer school summer sessions

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