A survey and gabbin

[Ranger]

Who here does anything in the colonial (pre-1815) era. Beth and I do F&I and Rev war. We are volunteers for the Ohio historical Society at Shoenbrunn Village. We have a log cabin that we use there for demos and tours of the grounds. We also attend about 10 rendevous a year. We don't get to stay at all of them, we day trip about half of the time. What do you guys do?

[mongrel]

I hunt pre-Revolutionary. If re-enactment can be accomplished without an audience, then I re-enact. My problem is being a little bit too much like my persona (Scots-Irish immigrant not so long ago released from indentured servitude, and living a solitary life) and not much caring to interact with other people. Joe is getting seriously interested in this facet of the muzzleloading game, though, and I expect out of consideration for him I will (grudgingly) become more sociable. We did The Lore Of The Laughery at Friendship, this last go-'round, as you might say "extras", just wandering around. We received some good comments from folks who'd been at it for awhile and I think startled a few people who showed up with cameras and shorts instead of rifles and hunting shirts, and weren't prepared for the sight of so many of us just wandering around with sufficient firepower to give Nancy Pelosi indigestion.

Anyone who can make it to The Lore Of The Laughery, BTW, just to do like we did and drift around looking period-correct -- it adds to the atmosphere of the whole event, not having every last person in historical garb also putting on some staged event or trying to sell something. It's a great chance to make new friends, too.

[bull frog]

Amen to the Nancy Pelosi thing................Bullfrog

[rifleshooter2]

I do a 1791-1796 period The Legion of the United States, My persona is a artillery officer serving under General Anthony Wayne, starting at Legion Ville (26 miles down river from Pittsburgh through the Battle of Fallen Timbers) www.legionville.com

Andy

[Da Backwoodsman]

being 2/3rds iroqouis i do the whole enlighten native thing most times, only cuz i like my breech clout accompanied with leggins kinda modest about bare assin it and I dont own a musket of any sorts, I prefer the eastern gatherings of the colonial era however i have a serious interest in the mountain man era and while im here in colorado i do attend local ronnyvoos.

[Ranger]

Andy, I have to appreciate the hardships that the surveyers went through, beind a student of architecture and site engineering. I watched a team of surveyers lay out the Fort Laurens outline during the encampment there. It was pretty neat. They were using chains and a compass, that's all! And very often the surveyer was one of the first white men to see a new territory or area for settlement. From what I have been told, very often the artillery officers were also accomplished field engineers as well, being schooled in surveying, redoubt to fort construction and so on.

[mongrel]

Andy, I have to appreciate the hardships that the surveyers went through, beind a student of architecture and site engineering. I watched a team of surveyers lay out the Fort Laurens outline during the encampment there. It was pretty neat. They were using chains and a compass, that's all! And very often the surveyer was one of the first white men to see a new territory or area for settlement. From what I have been told, very often the artillery officers were also accomplished field engineers as well, being schooled in surveying, redoubt to fort construction and so on.

Add to the hardships you mentioned, the fact that it didn't take the natives long to figure out what that guy with the surveying equipment meant: more whites, coming soon to a formerly pristine wilderness near you.

[Sinnanatha]

I do local native American.  Born and raised in Wyandotte, Michigan, so I got a giant dose of local native history throughout school.  Those were what the French called 'Huron', the English called 'Wyandot', and called themselves Wendot.  Hooked up with a group called Project Lakewell.  We do programs for schools, parks and museums.  We have a 26 foot birch replica, a 20 foot bateau that we give the kids rides in, set up shelters, set out articles for them to see and touch, and tell stories about what life was like in early American times.  I have rebuilt a 15 foot wood/canvas canoe to look like a birch, that I use for the programs also.  I also spend time at the local pumpkin farm/fish farm during October, helping give tractor rides, telling stories/legends, displaying some of the items I have that a local native might have had in the middle 1700's.  That helps me refine my presentation for the school presentations.  If I knew how to post pics , I have some pretty neat shots, but I'm not very computor literate.  Sinnanatha