 Costumed interpreters will demonstrate how New Salem settlers
performed daily tasks such as candle dipping, butter churning, soap
making, basket making, spinning wool, gardening, natural dyeing and
fishing with nets. Demonstrations of meat smoking will take place in
one of the log village's period smokehouses, and wild game cooking
will be demonstrated in the log homes. Visitors can step down into
the cellar at the tavern to see how fruits and vegetables were
preserved during the winter.One of three working animal-powered
carding mills in the world will be in operation from 1 to 3 p.m.
Visitors can see how oxen walk on a large wheel to power massive
wooden shafts, which in turn power the carding mill and the double
carder machine inside.
Lincoln's New Salem
State Historic Site, administered by the
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, is a re-creation of the 1830s log village
where Abraham Lincoln lived for six years. The village is located
along Route 97, about two miles south of Petersburg and 20 miles
northwest of Springfield, and is open Wednesday through Sunday for
free public tours.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency] |
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