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At that point, the committee resorted to the old, common-sense, tried and tested method for getting things done ... which, as most people know, is ... to "ask a guy, ...who knows a guy, ...who knows some other guys."
And that's how it came about; committee member Joe Pater asked Bill Keebler and Bill asked some of his friends and they asked some of their friends and pretty soon ... the Blue River Long Rifle group was scheduled to create a replica of a pioneer village in E-Dot Park, during the 2014 Darrtown Bicentennial.
The result of that "friends-asking-friends" approach is illustrated in the following slide show.
The Bicentennial Steering Committee thought it fitting that the celebration of Conrad Darr's creation of Darr's Town include a tribute to pioneer life in the early 1800's. The question then became, "Who knows how to do that?"
All slide shows play automatically; however, some may take a 5-10 seconds to load. You may control the slide show, by placing your cursor on the screen to pause/scroll or use arrows at the either side of the screen to see slides at the left or right. Most individual slides enlarge, when you click them.
PIONEER VILLAGE SLIDE SHOW
WEBMASTER NOTES: We are so grateful for the pioneer village images that Pete Magolda, Miami University professor, took during the event and later donated to this website.
Virg Otto also participated in the pioneer village, by displaying his considerable wood-working skills.Unfortunately, at this time, we do not have any photos of him at the event. The image at the right shows Virg in his workshop on Stillwell-Beckett Road.
Virg Otto specializes in premier gunstocks; visit Virg's website at: Gunstocks Plus.
If you have any images of the pioneer village to contribute, please use the link in the footer to contact the webmaster.
