The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public. Dillard Mill State Historic Site will recapture the spirit of an old-fashioned town picnic with demonstrations of everyday crafts, such as weaving, spinning and dyeing wool. Ladies will be quilting, while the men demonstrate blacksmithing and horseshoeing.
Visitors can view a French and Indian War-era camp.
Guests will have the opportunity to take a free horse-drawn carriage ride. Entertainment will include period music and a storyteller. Dillard Mill State Historic Site is located one mile south of Dillard, off Highway 49 in Crawford County.