West Virginia - March - November
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  |
April 12-15, 2012 - School of the Longhunter, Prickett's Fort, Fairmont,
W.Va. Contact 304-363-3030 or www.prickettsfort.org to register.
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. Fees are $54 for members, $60
non-members ($65 at the door), $20 campers, $10 visitors. Seminars on
longhunter skills designed for the 18th-century interpreter, reenactor or
history enthusiast. Thursday evening through Sunday noon. Encampment,
informational sessions and activities, demonstrations, a fort feast, contests, a
benefit auction, music.
May 10-12, 2012 - Rendezvous on the River, Blennerhassett Island
Historical State Park, Parkersburg, W.Va., Wood County. Contact (304)
420-4800, (800) CALL WVA, blennerhassett@wvdnr.gov, www.
blennerhassettislandstatepark.com. Early 19th-century encampment on
Blennerhassett Island. Location: Ohio River, with ferry to island. Address:
137 Juliana St., Parkersburg, W.Va.
May 18-20, 2012 - Siege of Fort Randolph, Krodel Park, Point Pleasant,
W.Va. Contact Craig Hesson, (304) 675-7933, chesson1774@suddenlink.
net, www.fortrandolph.org/index_files/siege.htm. Must be accepted for
participation and registered in advance. r Native and Euro 18th-century.
Early set-up Thursday. Friday school day. Friday evening reenactor seminar.
Drama and battle 2 p.m. Saturday of Chief Cornstalk's visit to Fort Randolph
in fall 1777, and the subsequent siege placed in May 1778. Saturday
demonstrations, fort feast, fundraiser auction and tavern entertainment.
Sunday trek among the hills. Donations to auction appreciated, as well as
items to loan for use during the drama. Recognition of direct descendants of
soldiers that served at the fort. See website for more information.
May 25-28, 2012 - ARMLC Ranger Voo, Clarksburg, W.Va. Contact John
Lamb, 304-622-1036, or Ron Shuster, 304-624-8891. Early setup May 24.
Camp fee $15 per person, or $18 at the gate. No sutler fees. Competitions
include woods walk, hawk & knife, archery. Camp feed Saturday evening and
games for everyone. Limited drinking water. Modern camp available.
Directions: From SR 50, take the SR 19 and 20 exit and head north. Turn left
onto Crooked Run and right onto Lamberts Run. Bear right at the Y in the
road.
June 6-10, 2012 - West Augusta Primitive Rendezvous, near Keyser,
WV. Join Facebook group for more information. Camp goes primitive at noon
Thursday, but campers are welcome to spend the week. Camp fee $13 per
person ($15 at the gate). Children ages 12-18 $3 each ($5 at the gate).
Children 11 and younger are free. Modern camp available. Public day 10 a.
m. Saturday. Competitions include woods walk, scribe's match, hawk & knife,
scavenger/clue hunt, miniature boat race and kids games. Shooters need
$25 blanket prize. Camp feast is a potluck. No trash service. Take along
drinking water. Directions: Off of US 50 in the Eastern Panhandle of West
Virginia, the camp is about one mile from the last turnoff to Nancy Hanks
Memorial on Knobley Road just over the Grant County line.
W.Va. Contact 304-363-3030 or www.prickettsfort.org to register.
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. Fees are $54 for members, $60
non-members ($65 at the door), $20 campers, $10 visitors. Seminars on
longhunter skills designed for the 18th-century interpreter, reenactor or
history enthusiast. Thursday evening through Sunday noon. Encampment,
informational sessions and activities, demonstrations, a fort feast, contests, a
benefit auction, music.
May 10-12, 2012 - Rendezvous on the River, Blennerhassett Island
Historical State Park, Parkersburg, W.Va., Wood County. Contact (304)
420-4800, (800) CALL WVA, blennerhassett@wvdnr.gov, www.
blennerhassettislandstatepark.com. Early 19th-century encampment on
Blennerhassett Island. Location: Ohio River, with ferry to island. Address:
137 Juliana St., Parkersburg, W.Va.
May 18-20, 2012 - Siege of Fort Randolph, Krodel Park, Point Pleasant,
W.Va. Contact Craig Hesson, (304) 675-7933, chesson1774@suddenlink.
net, www.fortrandolph.org/index_files/siege.htm. Must be accepted for
participation and registered in advance. r Native and Euro 18th-century.
Early set-up Thursday. Friday school day. Friday evening reenactor seminar.
Drama and battle 2 p.m. Saturday of Chief Cornstalk's visit to Fort Randolph
in fall 1777, and the subsequent siege placed in May 1778. Saturday
demonstrations, fort feast, fundraiser auction and tavern entertainment.
Sunday trek among the hills. Donations to auction appreciated, as well as
items to loan for use during the drama. Recognition of direct descendants of
soldiers that served at the fort. See website for more information.
May 25-28, 2012 - ARMLC Ranger Voo, Clarksburg, W.Va. Contact John
Lamb, 304-622-1036, or Ron Shuster, 304-624-8891. Early setup May 24.
Camp fee $15 per person, or $18 at the gate. No sutler fees. Competitions
include woods walk, hawk & knife, archery. Camp feed Saturday evening and
games for everyone. Limited drinking water. Modern camp available.
Directions: From SR 50, take the SR 19 and 20 exit and head north. Turn left
onto Crooked Run and right onto Lamberts Run. Bear right at the Y in the
road.
June 6-10, 2012 - West Augusta Primitive Rendezvous, near Keyser,
WV. Join Facebook group for more information. Camp goes primitive at noon
Thursday, but campers are welcome to spend the week. Camp fee $13 per
person ($15 at the gate). Children ages 12-18 $3 each ($5 at the gate).
Children 11 and younger are free. Modern camp available. Public day 10 a.
m. Saturday. Competitions include woods walk, scribe's match, hawk & knife,
scavenger/clue hunt, miniature boat race and kids games. Shooters need
$25 blanket prize. Camp feast is a potluck. No trash service. Take along
drinking water. Directions: Off of US 50 in the Eastern Panhandle of West
Virginia, the camp is about one mile from the last turnoff to Nancy Hanks
Memorial on Knobley Road just over the Grant County line.