Getting Ready for Winter at Macktown

Sun Nov 13 10:00 am, Macktown Living History 2221 Freeport Road Rockton IL, 61072

Getting Ready for Winter at Macktown
Photo: TK

Free

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Experience how Native Americans prepared for winter in the place that later became Macktown.

  • ​Preparing storage in baskets
  • Drying of meat, beans, maize, squash, berries
  • Tanning a deer hide.
  • Shelling and grinding corn
  • Making a fire without matches
2022-11-13