Find Your Pioneer Career At Walker Ranch Homestead

BOULDER COUNTY, CO – Throw yourself into Laura Ingalls Wilder mode this weekend for free 19th Century emersion activities at the Walker Ranch Homestead. Costumed volunteer pioneers in sunbonnets and gingham will demonstrate long-lost skills at the Summer Heritage Day: Old Fashioned Jobs event Sunday, June 10.

Chores and jobs of the late 1880s will be demonstrated such as preparing meals on a wood stove and blacksmithing. You can experience life in the 1880s with hands-on craft projects, one-room school sessions, and even "drilling like a miner."

Kids can ogle penny candy, dry goods and sundries at the Mr. and Mrs. Oleson-style general store and also learn about pioneer fire fighting by taking part in a "bucket brigade."

Experience covered wagon-style dining on the prairie by bringing a picnic supper and blanket to enjoy it (there are no tables at the homestead).

Boulder County Parks and Open Space hosts all events, which are free.

• When: Sunday, June 10, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Where: Walker Ranch Homestead, 8999 Flagstaff Mountain Road, approximately 7 miles west of Boulder.
• Cost: Free and fun for all ages.
• Contact: Sheryl Kippen, 303-776-8848 or skippen@bouldercounty.org

Image via Boulder County Parks and Open Space