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EVENTS AT THE HISTORICAL COMPLEX
Featuring cavalry horse demonstrations, sundown cannon shot, fireside chat & cooking demonstrations Saturday only. Most Sunday activities will be before Noon. Click for a full-page poster TUSHA SCHOOL HOUSE
ZION CHURCH
FREE Horse-Drawn Shuttle to the Historical Complex. See History Come To Life!Pickup/dropoff locations:
EVENTS DOWNTOWN
Click for a full-page poster; click for page 2.
PASSPORT ACTIVITIES
SCAVENGER HUNT Sunday: CARVER PARK
WINTERSET ART CENTER WINTERSET LIBRARY Inflatables in front of the library for that youthful energy, all weekend 9am-5pm 1pm-3pm only, local authors Marianne Fons and Deb Engle will be available. Made possible by a grant from Humanities Iowa More Information about the Madison County Covered Bridge Festival Thank you to the following Sponsors: Committee Members: Carol Liechty, Nancy Trask, Brenda Hollingsworth & Debbie Zacharias
The complex came to life with Martin Gas Station attendants handing out free balloons, clerks at the Field Mercantile selling penny candy (it really did cost just one cent!), school lessons every 30 minutes at Tusha Schoolhouse, a music festival in the museum lounge, train show at the early 1900s Winterset Depot, Civil War encampment with cannon shots at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm and to top it off - free Blue Bunny ice cream! We also worked with the Winterset Public Library, Art Center and schools to present “Passport to the Past” for kids attending the festival. They picked up their passports on the Winterset Courthouse square in the “History Comes To Life” tent. There were 7 activities and when they had 4 of them completed, they showed their passport at the museum or tent and received a prize!
October 8-9, 2005
A wide variety of music ranging from traditional folk songs to Celtic and Civil War-era music rang out from the west porch of the Kaser-Bevington house during the Festival. |
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March 13, 2005
December 12, 2004 A Christmas Concert with Simon Estes
Preceeded by the Harbour Lights Quartet, Estes sang several solo numbers, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic with members of the Winterset High School choir. An enthusiastic crowd of about 500 was thrilled and delighted by the afternoon’s performances. Estes grew up in Centerville, Iowa, and has performed throughout the world. The Madison County Historical Society was honored that Estes helped us to celebrate! |
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CIVIL WAR CAMP
STORYTELLING TENT
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER PLAY
Saturday, October 14th, 11:00 a.m.: American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace This one-act play was presented at the McKee Agricultural Barn. Based on the award-winning book of the same name by Senator John C. Culver and John Hyde, actor Tom Milligan portrayed Henry A. Wallace, the agricultural innovator and founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred seed corn company who became U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and later Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt. Admired by many and later branded as a Socialist during his controversial 1948 campaign for the presidency, Wallace always held out a vision for the future.
