FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Anne Fidanzato, Park Supervisor, (727) 893-7326
AUTUMN HARVEST CELEBRATION OCTOBER 20
St. Petersburg, Fla. (October 10, 2007) - Enjoy an old fashioned harvest celebration for the whole family on Saturday, October 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, 2900 31st Street South. Visit an early 19th century home, authentic print shop, sawmill and blacksmith shop while shopping at an old-time Farmer's Market with farm fresh pumpkins, flowers, fruits, vegetables and more. Plenty of fun for kids with hay-rides ($1), bobbing for apples, sack races, and an amazing hay maze ($1). Be creative at the pumpkin carving contest -- $5 entry fee/$25 cash prize. Free Admission. Games are 50 cents. For information, call 727-893-7326.
The Pinellas Pioneer Settlement is a non-profit, volunteer organization which accepts as its mission to authentically recreate the life styles of Pinellas County pioneers through the relocation or recreation of period buildings and education about the skills, crafts, and social customs of early settlers. Located adjacent to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, the Settlement is a living history museum experience where visitors can observe and take part in the skills, crafts and social customs of late 19th century life in west central Florida. Highlights include the Brantley Building (1888), Endicott House (1898), a blacksmith, saw mill, sugar cane shed and pole barn. These buildings have been the backdrop of Civil War enactments, music festivals, antique engine shows and other period events.
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