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Stone's Trace Pioneer Crafts Festival Saturday Sept. 6th 2008, 10 am to 5 pm & Sunday Sept. 7th 2008, 10 am to 4 pm.

Stone's Trace Pioneer Festival is located on the grounds of Stone's Tavern Museum, three miles south of Ligonier, Indiana at the junction of U.S. 33 and Ind. 5.  Our festival offers a large, varied array of trades and crafts practiced by our forebears to produce the necessities and the few luxuries in their lives.


Pioneer Foods

  • Ham and Beans
  • Apple Fritters
  • Carmel Corn
  • Pork Rinds
  • Whole Wheat Bread
  • Indian Fry Bread
  • Pork Burgers
  • Pie

Special Events

  • Stone family at the Tavern
  • Native American Living History Village
  • Sheep to Shawl Auction - Sunday 3 pm
  • Tomahawk Throwing Competition
  • Women's Skillet Throw
  • Muzzle Loading Contest
  • Mountain Man Aggregate
   Children's Activities
  • Punch & Judy Puppet Show
  • Pony Wagon Rides
  • Face Painting
  • Candle Dipping
  • Pioneer Games
  • Rope-making

Crafts
  • Soap Making
  • Chair Caning
  • Spinning
  • Natural Dyeing
  • Weaving
  • Wood Carving
  • Leather Tooling
  • Pottery
  • Blacksmithing
  • Porcelain Painting
  • Dulcimers
  • Folk Toys
  • Basket Making
  • Quilting
  • Rose Beads
  • Candle Dipping
  • Herbs
  • Paper Making
  • Mountain Toys

Flint & steel, tomahawk throw, women's skillet throw, blanket traders, primitive muzzle loading demonstration by Stone's Trace Regulators.

* Subject to change.


Provided with
support from
Arts United of
Greater Fort Wayne and

Noble County Community Foundation