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Early Frontier Days

March 29

10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Rocky Mount State Historic Site
200 Hyder Hill Rd
Piney Flats, TN 37686 United States
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423-348-6570

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Event Series Event Series: Early Frontier Days
ย ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ!
ย ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ – ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ & ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ
ย Rocky Mount State Historic Site, Piney Flats, TN
ย ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ (๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ)
ย ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ
ย Hosted by Rocky Mount State Historic Site & the Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA)
ย ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก-๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž!
Step back in time to the days of the Overmountain Men, frontier families, and early Tennessee settlers. This two-day living history event features storytelling, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences that bring the 18th century to life. Whether youโ€™re a history lover or just looking for a unique weekend adventure, thereโ€™s something for everyone!
ย ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
ย Historic House Tours โ€“ Meet costumed interpreters in the Cobb House & cabins
ย Blacksmithing & Weaving โ€“ Watch skilled artisans at work
ย Militia Encampment & Mock Enlistment โ€“ Step into an 18th-century soldierโ€™s boots
ย Fur Trade & Survival Skills โ€“ Learn how early settlers thrived
ย Revolutionary War Artifacts Exhibit โ€“ View relics from Americaโ€™s fight for independence
ย ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ
ย Opening Ceremony (Saturday, 10:00 AM) โ€“ Welcome, militia drills & OVTA presentation
ย Tennessee Starts Here (Saturday 11:00 AM & Sunday 1:00 PM) โ€“ Rocky Mountโ€™s role in Americaโ€™s founding
ย The Overmountain Men & Battle of Kings Mountain (Saturday 1:00 PM & Sunday 2:00 PM) โ€“ OVTA storytelling
ย Women of the Revolution (Saturday 2:00 PM & Sunday 3:00 PM) โ€“ Stories of resilience & leadership
ย Storytelling by the Fire โ€“ Tales of pioneer life, hardship, and survival
ย ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž! ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
ย ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐Ÿ-๐๐š๐ฒ & ๐Ÿ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž โ€“ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž.
ย Mark your calendar & invite your friends!
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