{"id":11876,"global_id":"www.crazycrow.com\/site?id=11876","global_id_lineage":["www.crazycrow.com\/site?id=11876"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2017-02-15 18:34:47","date_utc":"2017-02-15 18:34:47","modified":"2019-02-04 20:04:09","modified_utc":"2019-02-04 20:04:09","url":"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/event\/spring-trade-days-at-fort-boonesborough\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/11876","title":"Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough","description":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:-20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h1 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;\">2019 Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough<\/h1>\n<div class=\"rating-container\" align=\"right\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;\">Rate This Event<\/h4>\n<table class=\"rw-rating-table rw-ltr rw-no-labels\"><tr><td><nobr>&nbsp;<\/nobr><\/td><td><div class=\"rw-ui-container rw-class-blog-post rw-urid-10\"><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<p>Join us for Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough on May 25-26, 2019 at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Richmond, Kentucky. Each Memorial Day Weekend, visitors to Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough can step back in time for a weekend as they watch and visit with 18th century merchants and traders in period clothing set up shops in the cabins and blockhouses of the fort. All items for sale are typical of items available in the 18th century. The Fort opens at 9:00 am each day. This is a great opportunity to do your 18th century holiday gift shopping! There is no admission charge for this event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:800px;--awb-max-height:492px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:61.5%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sz0oE3U2olY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 5px;\">Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough<\/h3>\n<p>Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough, like other events at the fort, are sponsored by The Fort Boonesborough Foundation. The Foundation is made up of a group of dedicated individuals who volunteer their time to sustain, foster, and promote quality programming at Fort Boonesborough State Park and Boone&#8217;s Station Historic Site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Fort Boonesborough<\/strong><br \/>Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company in 1775, chose Daniel Boone to head a party of 31 axe men to clear a path through the Cumberland Gap that would run from Long Island of the Holston River, Tennessee, to Otter Creek of the Kentucky River. Blazing the trail presented extraordinary difficulties \u2013 the route through the wilderness was a hunter\u2019s trace that was too narrow for a wagon. The task was to combine The task was to combine many trails into one continuous route by clearing underbrush and overhanging foliage.<\/p>\n<p>When Daniel Boone and his men reached the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775, they quickly moved to establish Kentucky?s second settlement&#8211;the site still known as Fort Boonesborough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>Fort Boonesborough State Park<br \/>4375 Boonesborough Rd.<br \/>Richmond, Ky. 40475<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information<\/strong> about 1778 Siege of Fort Boonesborough Reenactment: Phone 859-527-3131 ext 216 or email Fort Manager bill.farmer@ky.gov<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar so you don&#8217;t miss the next Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Richmond, Kentucky on Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday and Sunday).<\/p>\n<p>Tags: Spring Trade Days at Fort Boonesborough, Spring Trade Days, Colonial Market Fair, 18th Century Market Fair<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 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Resident artisans perform craft demonstrations and give modern-day visitors a true sense of what life was like for pioneers in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Company in 1775, chose Daniel Boone to head a party of 31 axe men to clear a path through the Cumberland Gap that would run from Long Island of the Holston River, Tennessee, to Otter Creek of the Kentucky River. Blazing the trail presented extraordinary difficulties \u2013 the route through the wilderness was a hunter\u2019s trace that was too narrow for a wagon. The task was to combine The task was to combine many trails into one continuous route by clearing underbrush and overhanging foliage.\u00a0When Daniel Boone and his men reached the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775, they quickly moved to establish Kentucky?s second settlement&#8211;the site still known as Fort Boonesborough.[su_accordion][su_spoiler title=&#8221;Read More&#8221;]\nMany trails into one continuous route by clearing underbrush and overhanging foliage. For some stretches however, it meant using axes and tomahawks to clear trees for a new section of trail. It was very expeditiously but roughly done. For decades afterwards, the Wilderness Trail was generally conceded to be the roughest, most disagreeable road on the continent, but was one of the major factors in the opening of the Middle West to colonization. A determined Boone and his loyal followers forged ahead until they reached the settlement site \u201cabout 60 yards from the river, and a little over 200 yards from a salt lick.\u201d On the first of April, 1775, Boone and his woodsmen began the construction of several temporary log huts that were immediately dubbed \u201cFort Boone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>What can you see on a visit to Fort Boonesborough?\u00a0A variety of activities take place in the cabins, daily. Also visit the Event Schedule Page for a listing of special events at the fort.\u00a0Visitors to the Fort can walk the grounds, see a short film in the orientation center and visit with the interpreters inside the cabins as they go about their various activities.\u00a0Visitors can also shop in the 18th Century Transylvania Store. 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