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Historic Washington State Park
RV Camping Information
Hope Fair Park 800 South Mockingbird Lane, Hope, AR 71801 $15 per night For reservation and more information contact: 870-777-7500. http://www.hopearkansas.net/pView.aspx?id=6514&catid=580
Host Information
Historic Washington State Park 100 SW Morrison, PO Box 129, Washington, AR 71862 870-983-2684 or www.historicwashingtonstatepark.com Historic Washington State Park is located in southwest Arkansas near Hope, Arkansas. To reach the park from Hope, take exit #30 off I-30, and take U.S. 278 West Highway for eight miles.
From its establishment in 1824, Washington was an important stop on the rugged Southwest Trail for pioneers traveling to Texas. James Bowie, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett traveled through Washington. James Black, a local blacksmith, is credited with creating the legendary Bowie knife here. Later, the town became a major service center for area planters, merchants and professionals. During the American Civil War, Washington became the Confederate Capital of Arkansas from late 1863-1865. Established in 1973, the state park interprets Washington from 1800-1900. The 1874 Courthouse serves as the park visitor center. Visitors can also see the 1836 Courthouse, Blacksmith Shop, Weapons Museum, several residences and other historic structures on guided tours. Buildings open for touring vary each day. Lunch featuring delicious, Southern country fare is served daily in the circa 1832 Williams' Tavern Restaurant. The park also houses the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives, a branch of the Arkansas History Commission, that houses a resource center for historical and genealogical research covering a ten county region of southwest Arkansas. For more information about Arkansas State Parks historic, heritage and cultural parks, and museums, go to: http://www.historystateparks.com/
Sanders Farmstead
1914 Schoolhouse
Conference Agenda
Thursday, February 20, 2014
9:00 am to 4:00 pm Basics of Knifemaking Workshop (2 days)
Workshops
Thursday, February 20 Full Two Day Workshop
9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Lunch Provided Basics of Knifemaking Workshop (Blacksmith Shop) Billy Nations, Chief Interpreter at Historic Washington State Park Cost: $60 Join the park smiths at the James Black Forge, home of the Bowie knife, for a hands-on class covering the basics of making a knife. Participants will come away with knowledge about the knifemaking process and a basic knife blank Materials and tools are supplied. Workshop will be two days long. The minimum age is 16 (accompanied by an adult). Maximum of 6 people can attend workshop.
Corsets are a Cinch: Making a Corset Workshop (1914 Schoolhouse) Karen Woodruff, Living Historian and Sheri McCullah, Living Historian Cost: $40 This workshop will go over the basics of making the foundation garment of women called the corset. Participants will come away with their own corset. Materials will be supplied and basic sewing experience is required. Each participant is required to bring a basic sewing kit (scissors, white thread, pins, and a needle). Sewing machines will be available, but participants are welcome to bring their own. Maximum of 10 people can attend the workshop.
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Friday Evening
ALHA Journeyman Certification Review
4:00 to 6:00pm, 1914 Schoolhouse ALHA members wishing to complete their Journeyman certification must stand for the review panel. You must have already received your Apprentice certification, notified the committee, and completed all other requirements for Journeyman certification. All ALHA members are invited to observe the review process.
Trial by Jury
7:30 to 9:00pm, 1836 Courthouse Come and participate in one of Historic Washingtons famous living history programs entitled Trial by Jury. This is a dramatization of a murder trial that took place in the 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse in October 1844. Match your verdict to the 19th century verdict in the same courtroom as the original trial.
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Saturday
Concurrent Session I, 8:00am
Minority Biography and Arkansas History: Mary Lee McCrary Ray and the Negro Home Demonstration Service Debra Reid, Ph.D., Professor of History and Womens Studies at Eastern Illinois University 1914 Schoolhouse45 minutes
Participants will see copies of historical documents and can read sources and work in groups to learn more about Mary Lee McCrary Ray and the Negro Home Demonstration Service. Can You Relate? Felicia Richardson, Living History Coordinator, Charles Holloway & Katie Bass, Historic Arkansas Museum 1914 Schoolhouse45 minutes Historic Arkansas Museum has recently implemented a Black History program for schoolchildren of all ages. Hear about how the program was developed to help students connect to a subject most school aged children have rarely given much thought. The Knife! Billy Nations, Chief Interpreter of Historic Washington State Park 1914 Schoolhouse45 minutes You are located in the town where James Black said he made a knife for James Bowie. Hear about the infamous Bowie Knife and how knives affected the image of Arkansas in the nineteenth century.
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Arkansass Home Demonstration Clubs: Our Rural Women Facing Survival Crossroads, 1912 through 1945. Elizabeth Griffin Hill, Author and Historian from North Little Rock, Arkansas 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
This presentation will introduce the ALHA members to Arkansass early home demonstration clubs. Although current memories are likely to be of grandmothers (or great grandmothers) preparing a favorite cake recipe as club members came for a monthly quilting meeting, the early home demonstration work was raw and difficult and often dealt with families survival. The female county agentswho were paid equally by county, state, and federal governmentstaught Arkansass women thrift and self-sufficiency during times of war, drought, floods, and economic depression. And the women developed leadership skills as they became the trainers who provided demonstrations for other women as one agent was unable to reach the countys women during times of primitive communication and transportation.
Eureka Springs Revisited: Untold Stories and the Myth of the Springs Timothy Kovalcik, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Millikin University in Decatur, IL 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
This project explains how the town was advertised in the 1880s and explores many of the controversial issues surrounding the healing powers of the mythical waters. It also examines such issues as the Ku Klux Klan, the African-American Community and the economic down-turn that almost destroyed the city. All of these findings are based on new archival evidence and primary sources recently discovered.
Using Diaries and Letters to Develop a Persona April Goff, Arkansas History Commission 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
The Arkansas History Commission has primary resources such as letters and diaries. Learn how to research these documents and use them to assist in the accurate development of a living history persona.
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Arkansas Hunters Feeding your History Steve Dunlap, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission & ALHA District 3 Representative 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
The state of Arkansas holds around half million sportsmen and women. Steve Dunlap with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will demonstrate how your historic site can attract this resource. Arkansans have a strong interest in the outdoors, and outdoor skills, and their history. Join Steve as he gives many examples of how to meld your message and their passion.
Living history at the home front: First person begins with you! Michael Terral, Interpretive Guides at Historic Washington State Park Royston Town House45 minutes
First person Interpretation is to educate and facilitate discussion on people of the past. By acting out the persons of subject in first person, it will give observers a chance to connect to and interact with the past. Join Mike as he demonstrates his interpretation of General Grandison D. Royston. At the end of the presentation he will discuss how he assimilated this character and then instruct you on where to start and how to construct your own first person character.
Transitioning from Guided Tours to Open Grounds: The Ups and Downs Barbara Ward, Education Coordinator of Historic Arkansas Museum & ALHA Vice President 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
Staff from Historic Arkansas Museum will discuss transitioning from guided tours at the museum site to open grounds touring by visitors for 5 out of 7 days each week. Hear some of the Ups and Downs to the process.
Documenting Free Persons of Color Peggy Lloyd, Director of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives 1914 Schoolhouse 45 minutes
Peggy Lloyd will discuss her research on Free Persons of Color in Arkansas before the American Civil War. Hear about what sources help document this group of people and their lives after they were forced to leave the state on fear of being forced back into slavery.
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Southwest Trail Tour Josh Williams, Curator at Historic Washington State Park The Southwest Trail is a modern term for a pathway that pre-dates European settlement in Arkansas. The road connected St. Louis, Missouri to Fulton, Arkansas on the Red River and was the road that many settlers used to come into Arkansas and then into Texas. The road comes directly through Washington and is called Franklin Street. On this tour, see where this road still exists in the modern road network from Arkadelphia to Fulton, Arkansas. Tour of the Southwest Proving Ground and Dooleys Ferry Keenan Williams, Local Historian Dr. Carl Drexler, Assistant Station Archeologist at Southern Arkansas University Visit one of the first concrete airports in the country that was built by the U.S. Army for World War II as part of the Southwest Proving Ground. Hear how some of the best land in Hempstead County was turned into an ammunition dump. Afterwards, take a tour to the southern part of Hempstead County to one of the older crossings of the Red River, named Dooleys Ferry. The area also contains some of the best preserved Civil War fortifications in the state of Arkansas. Local Historian, Keenan Williams will be your guide along with Dr. Carl Drexler, who recently finished archeological excavations of the nineteenth century community at Dooleys Ferry. Historic Washington Walking Tour Billy Nations, Chief Interpreter at Historic Washington State Park Explore and tour around Historic Washington State Park. Begin a tour of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives and the Collections Facility of Historic Washington. At 3pm join the interpretive staff in a living history street drama put together by park staff entitled Town in Conflict talking about the years 1863-1864 in Washington. Hope and Clinton Tour Christian Davis, Interpreter at President William Jefferson Clinton National Historic Site Explore and tour the community of Hope, Arkansas. Begin a tour at the birthplace home of Bill Clinton, which was the home of his grandparents. After touring the home, enjoy a driving tour around the town of Hope seeing some of the different sites of town.
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Sunday
Concurrent Session V, 9:00am
Plants and Learning Medicinal Herbs Vicky Schoeneweis, Interpreter at Historic Washington State Park 1914 Schoolhouse90 minutes
Come and learn about the basis of herbs and all the purpose they were used for in the past and how this can be used in a living history program today.
Living History at a Distance or in your Living Room! Mekicia Henry and John Orr, Interpretive Guides at Historic Washington State Park Morrison Tavern Taproom90 minutes
Join Mekicia Henry and John Orr as they demonstrate how Historic Washington State Park uses the internet to broadcast live living history programs to other locations across the United States. Hear about what is required for the program and also how it can be used as a tool for living history.
How Can Your Site Cache in with Geocaching? Kerry Spears, ALHA Communications Director; Volunteer at Historic Washington State Park 1914 Schoolhouse90 minutes
Show how geocaching can be used to bring visitors to your site, highlight your significant resources, and augment special events. See how this technology can be used to highlight particular aspect of living history for the general public. Participants are encouraged but not required to bring a GPS or Smartphone. Class will walk outside around the park for most of the class period.
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Living History and the Sultana Charles Backlawski, Ph.D. Candidate in Heritage Studies at Arkansas State University 1914 Schoolhouse45 minutes
This presentation will discuss living history plans that will be included in the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Sultana Disaster to take place in Marion Arkansas in April, 2015.
The Purpose and Practicality of the Personal Pot and Privy Leita Spears, Historian at Historic Washington State Park Sanders House Backyard 45 minutes
Learn about the little house out back and the little pot under the bed in the historical context of the Sanders Urban Farmstead. Information will be provided on all things potty and how you can interpret this at your site.
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Registration
Name _____________________________________________________________ Institution __________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ City _________________________________ State _______ Zip _______________ Daytime Phone #: ______________________ Cell #: __________________________ Email Address: _______________________________________________________ Full Registration: $50 ($65 after January 17) $________ Saturday Daytime Registration Only: $25 ($30 after January 17) $________ Saturday Evening Registration Only: $25 ($30 after January 17) $________ Sunday Registration Only: $15 ($20 after January 17) $________ Total Registration $_______ Conference T-Shirts: $12 (must pre-register by January 17) Quantity: S ____ M ____ L ____ XL____ XXL ($14) ____ Total T-Shirts $_______ XXXL ($15) ____
Pre-Conference Workshops: (must register by January 31) Thursday and Friday All Day: Basics of Knifemaking - $60 $_______ Fieldtrips (Please rank your choices) Southwest Trail Tour _____ Friday All Day: Southwest Proving Ground and ALHA Apprentice - $8 $_______ Feathered Friends Cooking - $30 $_____ Dooleys Ferry Tour_____ Historic Washington State Park Tour_____ Harness and Driving - $10 $_______ Clinton and Hope Tour _____ Making a Corset - $40 $_______ Friday Half Day AM: Candle Making - $15 $_______ Crochet Basics - $8 $_______ VENDORS Artistic Interpretation - $8 $_______ Friday Half Day PM: Will you need vendor space? Historic Dance - $10 $_______ ____ Yes ____No Printers Devil - $10 $_______ Grandview Shotgun Shoot - $8 $_______ Will you need a table? ____ Yes ____No Total Workshops $_______ All workshops include lunch Briefly describe vendor item(s)? ________________________________ Check here for vegetarian meals _____ __ Are you bringing an item for the Silent Auction? ______ Yes ______ No Are you a current ALHA member for 2014?____ Yes ____No
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Type of Membership: ___ Individual: $12, Any adult, 18 yrs of age or older. The member shall have full voting privileges in the ALHA as a general member. ___ Group: $50, This includes 8 members with full voting privileges. Please list the 8 members to receive the newsletter and their email addresses: 1. _____________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________ 8. _____________________________________________________ ___ Site: $100, This membership covers a group consisting of 9 or more members. Please attach names and email addresses of the members on a separate sheet. Help us learn more about you. Periods of Interest: ______________________________________________________________ Areas of Interest: ________________________________________________________________ What you would like to receive from ALHA: (this will help us develop training opportunities, meetings, workshops, etc.) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
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