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Annual Heritage Days
on the Goshen Trail
Godfrey, Illinois
September 24 - 25, 2011
9 am - 5 pm daily - Rain or Shine
Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children (5-12
years)
Free to volunteers or under 5
$2 for the Children's Area
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Period History O
Historical Demonstrations O
Primitive Encampments O
Artisans/Traders
Food O
Children’s Activities O
Live Entertainment O
Raffles
The Goshen Road was part of the
route that led from the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains on the Tennessee/Virginia
border to St. Louis. The Goshen
Road crossed the Kaskaskia River near present day Carlyle and went southeast to
McLeansboro and Shawneetown. Towns to the west of the trail were Edwardsville
and Alton. In 1818, when a census was taken to see if the population of Illinois
was large enough to warrant statehood, there was a belt of settlements from the
Ohio River at Shawneetown to the Mississippi River at Alton. The road was widely
used because it brought settlers to the Mississippi River, just north of St.
Louis, where it was an easy trip downstream to the Gateway to the West. The goal
of Heritage Days is to educate the public in the customs, manners, clothing,
food and early tools used by the fur traders, Native Americans, explorers, and early settlers in the years from 1700 to
1840.
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Live
Entertainment |
Children's
Activities |
Old
Fashioned Trading |
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Traditional Artisans |
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A diverse
group of artisans and craftsmen don traditional clothing and demonstrate
the skills necessary to survive and prosper on the frontier.
Demonstrations include hide tanning, blacksmithing, weaving and dyeing
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Historical
Demonstrations |
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There are
numerous events, activities, and demonstrations taking place throughout
the festival grounds, including cannon and mortar
demonstrations, music and dancing, and marching fife and drum corps. The
Primitive Area contains many traders and sutlers and of course there is
plenty of great food! |
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No Pets Allowed with the exception of Service Dogs
For
more information on this event call 618-530-7632
 Learn
more about the Godfrey
area.
For more information on this and related topics
the following links have been provided:
altonheritagedays.org
Official site of Heritage Days, Inc.
greatriverroad.com
provides web pages free of charge for events run by Non-Profit Community
Organizations that are of interest to visitors to the area. Contact the webmaster
if you have an information on an event that greatriverroad.com
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