24th annual Pioneer Day
Come and immerse yourself in the life of early Alabamians! Pioneer Day is a free, living history and folk festival on the grounds of the Clarke County Museum in Grove Hill on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Some of the more than 30 interactive demonstrations include quilting, basket making, spinning cotton, pottery, shingle-making, Indian fingerweaving, soap making, Native Medicine, butter churning, candle dipping, Creek language lessons, quill writing, hide tanning, atlatl throw, and Native Creek encampments depicting women’s life.
Kids can participate in the many free hands-on activities such as making their own tin punch art, making and playing a comb harmonica, writing with a quill pen, and walking on stilts. A special toddler area will have a hay maze and instead of a sandbox, a corn box, with pails and shovels.
Homemade chicken and dumplins, turnip greens, cornbread and pies cooked over a fire will be available for sale, as well as delicious baked goods and hamburgers and hot dogs.
When:
Saturday, October 25, 2025
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where:
Clarke County Historical Museum | The Alston-Cobb House
116 West Cobb Street
Grove Hill, AL 36451
For additional information:
Visit the Clarke County Museum or their social page.
