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Photos: Log Cabin Fest
Aug. 18, 2019 6:23 pm
The Center Point Historical Society hosted visitors at the Strait Log Cabin and Depot Museum for homesteading activities and Laura Ingalls Wilder history
Dennis Schlicht, vice president of the Center Point Historical Society, teaches June Bodeker (right), 8, of Vinton how to make rope during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
A handmade sign announces Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
The interior of the Strait Log Cabin is displayed during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
Laura Ingalls Wilder books are displayed on a shelf in the Strait Log Cabin during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
The Strait Log Cabin is seen during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
Sarah Uthoff, a reference librarian at Kirkwood Community College and Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar, tells a story from Laura's childhood with help from Brooke Foley, 9, of Manchester during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
Sarah Uthoff, a reference librarian at Kirkwood Community College and Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar, tells a story from Laura's childhood with help from RaeAnn Schnoebelen, 11, of Center Point (left) during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
June Bodeker, 8, of Vinton learns how to make rope during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
Dennis Schlicht, vice president of the Center Point Historical Society, teaches June Bodeker, 8, of Vinton how to make rope during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
The Strait Log Cabin is seen during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
A gray hairstreak butterfly perches on a coneflower outside the Strait Log Cabin during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
Charles Kress of Independence stoops down has he enters the Strait Log Cabin during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
RaeAnn Schnoebeln, 10 of Center Point (l-r), Lilly Bissell, 12, of Washington, D.C. and Livia Schnoebelen, 10 of Center Point wash clothes outside the Strait Log Cabin during Log Cabin Fest at the Depot Museum and Strait Log Cabin in Center Point Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Visitors could try their hand at rope making, grinding corn and using a washboard. Sarah Uthoff, a local Laura Ingalls Wilder historian, acted out stories from Laura's childhood and reflected on her life. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
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