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H and shop for period clothes and goods at the The family-friendly, free event is held Sept 24 to 2o from Annual Fort 0 e de a Thousands 9.30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Saturday, and 9 a m to l p m. ~unday att<'IHI to soak up the early autumn sun while reliving Fort Atkinson is in Winneshiek County, we-;t of highway history through craftspeople, buckskinners and military 24, about 90 miles north of Cedar Rapids Spend the night rcenactors who gather to trade wares and recreate 1840s camping at the DNR's new modern campground at Volga military life on the Iowa frontier. Recreation Area in Fayette County (call first about road Mill around the small museum to see artifacts, then buy construction updates). For camping or rendezvous details, beads or blankets, eat fry bread, drink root beer, watch call park ranger Scot Michelson at 563-425-4 76 7 black powder shoots and hear period music. Be awed by old camp-to-camp signals made by blasting a 300-pound anvil FORT FACTS: 40 feet high. Get tips on basketry, rug hooking, pottery, Built in 1840, the fort monitored the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) blacksmithing and period hunting and trapping. Watch Nation that was forced from Wisconsin to Neutral Ground rivals compete in skillet throws, flint and steel firestarting, in northeast Iowa. Fort founder Brigadier General Henry turkey calling and knife throwing. Youngsters can play old Atkinson promised to protect them from rivals while keeping gamt's with kids clad in garb of the era. settlers out. The fort was disbanded in 1849 when the Spend a clay at the fort, then browse city-wide garage sales, Ho-Chunk were moved/rom Iowa and local soldiers left tour the Bily Clocks Museum in nearby Spillville or take a scenic to fight the Mexican-American War. BY A. JAY WINTER A. jay Wznter educates up to 20,000 Iowa children each year as the DNR's training specialist at the Springbrook Conservation Education Center. 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