September 2015
19th Century Trades Festival
Come on out to Travellers Rest for our annual Trades Festival! Step back in time to 200 plus years ago and watch history come alive through the work of over thirty talented artisans and re-enactors. Converse with a Civil War surgeon, or learn the art of soap making...maybe even discover what a flintknapper does! Period demonstrators and re-enactors include blacksmithing, basket weaving, spinning, weaving, civil war and frontier life plus much, much more. A wealth of hands-on activities await such…
Find out more »19th Century Trades Festival
Come on out to Travellers Rest for our annual Trades Festival! Step back in time to 200 plus years ago and watch history come alive through the work of over thirty talented artisans and re-enactors. Converse with a Civil War surgeon, or learn the art of soap making...maybe even discover what a flintknapper does! Period demonstrators and re-enactors include blacksmithing, basket weaving, spinning, weaving, civil war and frontier life plus much, much more. A wealth of hands-on activities await such…
Find out more »October 2015
Twisted Tennessee
Halloween at Historic Travellers Rest on Oct. 23 from 6-10 p.m. We would like for you to attend and enjoy this especially spooky event. The theme will be Twisted Tennessee, focusing on the fact there are two sides to every story. This Halloween event at Historic Travellers Rest will have guests travel through a series of vignettes which will portray the two sides to every tale. The vignettes will focus on famous historic Tennessee tales. At the end of the tours, groups will meet up…
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