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E[kRJue He it a eFest iua[ <br /> <br /> Commemot~ating the l~'Oth Annive=sa=3( og the Fi=st <br />Tnabing Post on the ELk & Mississippi Rivens in Oan Town! <br /> <br />August 10 & 11, 1996 <br /> <br />SCHEDULE OF EVENT5 <br /> <br />Saturday, August 10th <br /> <br />Sunday, August 11 th <br /> <br />Rendezvous (Handke Stadium) Sun Up - Sun Down <br />Day in the Life of Elk River Photo Display 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br /> (Sberbume County Government Center beginning Aug. 8th. <br /> Also, Festival Headquarters Downtown) <br />Historical Images <br /> (Festival Headquarters, Downtown) <br />v'-'e Championship Softball Tourney <br />,'OHO Park) <br />Trading Post Trading - "Bartering" <br /> (Downtown Retailers) <br />"Heritage Festival Sidewalk Sales" <br /> (Elk Park Center) <br />Horse & Surrey Rides <br /> (Why Not Western?, Inc. - W. H~3' 10) <br />Kids Fun Fair (behind Kemper Drug) <br />Horse & Buggy Rides (Downtown) <br />Horse & Trolley Historical Tours & <br /> Historical Walking Tours (Main Street) <br />Nayahshing Native American Dancing <br /> (Town Square by Bank of ER) <br />Old Tyme Family Picnic & Games <br /> (Oliver Kelley Farm - H'~T 10) <br />General Program (Town Green) <br />National Guard Band Concert <br /> (Town Square) <br />Horse & Buggy Rides (Downtown) 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. <br />County Line Square Dancers (Town Square) 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. <br />German Band Concert (Town Square) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. <br />Country Western Fever (behind Kemper) 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. <br />Street Dance (behind Kemper Drug) 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. <br />(featuring "Redd Nixx" Country Band) <br /> <br />Every hour <br /> <br />9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. <br /> <br />9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Reg. Business Hrs. <br /> <br />10:00 a.m. - 12:00 <br /> <br />11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. <br />12:00 - 3:00 p.m. <br />1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. <br />1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. <br />3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Rendezvous (Handke Stadium) <br />Buggy/Carriage Rides <br /> (Sponsored by Wapiti Park) <br />Trading Post TradingtSidewalk Sales <br />Union Church Service/Open House <br />State Championship Softball Tourney <br />Methodist Church Outdoor Sen,ice <br />Day in the Life of Elk River Photo Display <br /> (Festival Headquarters Do~vntown) <br />Historical Images <br /> (Festival Headquarters Downtown) <br />Historical Walking Tours - Downtown <br />1st Annual Heritage Festival Parade <br /> (Orono Pkwy & Main to Otsego) <br />Civil War Regiment Drills - Town Square <br /> ( 14th Brooklyn Regiment) <br />Minnetonka Clippers Barber Shop Chorus <br /> Concert by the River Co)' Sunshine Depot) <br />Quilt Raffle at Heritage Festival Hdqtrs. <br />Pigs Eye Dixieland Band Concert <br /> <br />Sun Up - 5:00 p.m. <br />9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Reg. Business Hrs. <br />9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. <br />10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br />10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. <br />12:00 - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />12:00 - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br />2:00 p.m. <br /> <br />4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. <br /> <br />4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />5:00 p.m. <br />5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Fur Trade Trivia: <br />An average trading post consisting of one trader, possibly a clerk and 4 to 6 <br />voyageurs might produce 30 packs of fur during a season. A pack of fur averages <br />90 pounds and would include 600 muskrats or 90 otters or 400 racoons or 10 <br />buffalo robes. <br /> <br />See back of <br />this <br />program for <br /> <br /> loecial <br /> eventst <br /> <br /> <br />