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Observers learned that life could be grim and dangerous; although onlookers were entertained.
On Saturday evening a special program was presented to show what happens when Martin’s Station came under attack. The program was called “Alarm at Martin’s Station”. Park visitors to
the station were taken into the fort to see what happens when it came under attack from a hostile war party. Captain Martin and the members of the station were successful in defending their homes
and the visitors from repeated attacks.
The Wilderness Road State Park is gearing up for two events, such as this one, in Sept.
On Sept. 1, the park will host “The Long Hunters” program. It will be set in the time frame of the late 1700’s, the heyday of the long hunters. Men such as Daniel Boone, Kasper Mansker, Henry Skaggs, and many more traded the plow for a rifle and turned in the wilderness to seek their fortunes. The public is invited to join Captain Daniel Boone as he reminisces about past hunts and adventures while chasing his dreams in Kentucky.
The second program in September takes place the weekend of Sept. 13 through Sept. 14. It is entitled “Women on the Frontier”.
The Colonial frontier wasn’t settled by men alone. Join the women of Martin’s Station to learn of their life and hardships as they raise their families along the Wilderness Road and make their new home on the frontier. There will be a special evening program, “A Fire in the Night”. It begins at 7:30 p.m. as night falls upon Martin’s Station. Observers will be welcomed around a fire to hear stories of danger, courage and adventure on Virginia’s frontier.
Brandy Calvert is the Managing Editor for the Middlesboro Daily News. Contact her via e-mail at editor@middlesborodailynews.com.
Pictured above and left are period actors at the “Frontier Frolic” program that took place at Wilderness Road State Park in Ewing, Va. over the weekend. (Photography courtesy RAY WELCH)
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