Kings Mountain State Park
PARK PROGRAMS
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Farm Re-Opens for the Season. Beginning Easter Weekend the Farm will be open on weekends through Memorial Day, then 7 days a week through Labor Day in which it returns to weekends through Oct.
Kings Mountain State Park
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Experience life on an 1850s yeoman farm. Participants will have the opportunity to try their hand at common household chores from the time period. Try one or all of the common chores including butter churning, laundry, carring water, working in the garden, stuff mattresses, dip candles, even milk a cow.
Kings Mountain State Park
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Join volunteer interpreters at the Living History Farm as they help Kings Mountain State Park celebrate Independence Day the way it was in 1850. Interpreters will be demonstrating farming practices as well as the various ways people celebrated July 4th 150 years ago. There will be many hands on activities for all ages to participate in.
Kings Mountain State Park
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Canning does not have to involve a pressure cooker and scalding hot lids. Bring the kids and learn how to make your favorite pickles or dilly beans. Jars will be provided on a first come first serve basis, so feel free to bring your own. All veggies and other ingredients will be provided fresh from our garden.
Kings Mountain State Park
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Plantation Children, an educational and recreational program will be presented to the children of Union, and the surrounding counties. Come and experience the pastimes, activities, responsibilities, and lifestyle of children in the 1860s. Some of the games played and discussed will be familiar to today’s child, and some will be a brand new experience. A base ball game played by 19th Century rules and equipment will be the featured activity of the event. Pre-registration required. The cost is $5.00 per child for pre-registered participants. Registration at the park will also be held, and the cost at the park will be $7.50 per child.
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
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Come and experience the farm after the sun goes down. Hear stories of the farm while being led around by candle light. Learn some of the tricks people used to ward off evil spirits in the 1800's.
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Join us in October for an evening’s journey into the spooky past as “Tales of Union County” presents an eerie experience for visitors to enjoy local ghostly tales and spine-chilling legends in a family setting with marshmallow and wiener roasts, apple bobbing, and other fall festival activities. Attendees can sip a cup of hot chocolate, or hot apple cider as guest storytellers and local historians relate the folklore, stories, & legends of Union County and the Upstate from the American Revolution to the present, by the flickering light of the campfire. We might even see a ghost or two...
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
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Hayrides, a blacksmith in the forge, re-enactors, and pumpkins come together to celebrate Halloween and the fall harvest at the Living History Farm. Pumpkins will be given away to visitors until the field is empty.
Kings Mountain State Park
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Whitestone mineral springs in Spartanburg County drew people for its healing properties. It was believed to help cure "disorders of the kidneys, bladder and liver". In the early 1900s a resort hotel was built and a company was developed to bottle and ship the mineral water throughout America. Join us for a guided walk to the springs area of Croft State Natural Area and discover the history of this area. Please wear comfortable walking shoes the walk is 1 mile round trip.
Croft State Natural Area
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Step back in time, to the fall of 1860, and join the Gist family as they experience the holiday season at Rose Hill Plantation.
During this program, visitors will meet the Overseer, who will explain how the mansion came to be, what the plantation was like, what it grew, and how it operated in the year of Secession. At the front door, visitors will be greeted by Governor & Mrs. Gist, and will be taken on a guided exploration of the Gist mansion, where period-attired interpreters will be in every room, demonstrating and explaining the home as it was in 1860. The entire house will be bathed the soft glow of candlelight. For the first time in the forty-seven year history of the Gist Plantation being a State Park, the home will be open for tours in the evening. Visitors can enjoy period refreshments in the operating kitchen as they reflect on their experience in the past.
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
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Come join us for a Christmas celebration 1850s style. Reenactors will be cooking over the hearth in our 1800s Homeplace using traditional methods of the period. We will also be making decorations, wreaths, corn husk angels, and decorating our tree. There will also be crafts to take home and hot cider to drink. Discover the Christmas of your ancestors as it was just beginning to take its modern form.
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Christmas Open House
The differences between what Christmas really was in the years before the War of the Confederacy, and what the common perception of the “Charles Dickens-Victorian” Christmas, are really two completely different things. Antebellum Christmas was a low-key affair by modern standards. A day spent with family, a better-than-usual meal, small gifts exchanged, and a church observance were the major events. Décor, if any, was also Spartan compared to the Victorian Wonderland with which most people are familiar. Come and view Rose Hill Plantation as it might have been in the Antebellum era.
The Mansion will be decorated for the holiday season during the month of December, and there will be a special Evening Open House the weekend before Christmas. Friday, December 21 and Saturday, December 22 from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, and Sunday December 23, 2007 from 4:00PM until 6:00PM. Admission for the Holiday Open House is $5.00 per person.
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
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