Cane Hill Ready For Annual Festival

12 BOOTHS TO BE SET UP ON CAMPUS

LINCOLN — It’s festival time at Cane Hill again, complete with bluegrass and country music, horseshoe pitching, hominy making and living history presentations.

The Cane Hill Harvest Festival, slated for Sept. 15-16, will mark its 27th year on the Cane Hill College campus, according to Mary Jean Marshall, this year’s coordinator.

Marshall said festivities begin as usual with a country-style breakfast 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the college.

Marshall said 12 booths will be set up on the campus with vendors displaying arts and craft items — everything from wood carvings to jewelry to fabric and crochet items.

Harry McClain of Tahlequah, Okla., will be bringing a hand-powered rips saw for demonstrations.

“Can you imagine how hard it would have been to cut a piece of wood with a saw that had to be cranked by hand,” Marshall said.

Carolyn and David Latta and their family will again be demonstrating how early settlers made hominy.

Civil War re-enactors will return to present a “picture from the past,” showing festivalgoers how troops survived in the 1860s.

Linda Rigsbee of Fayetteville, author of romance, Westerns and other genres, will be on hand with her books.

A country store will be added this year featuring hats for men, headwear for women, Christmas items and much more.

There will be three to four food vendors, according to Marshall.

“Lots of apple butter will be available,” Marshall said.

“As long as it doesn’t rain,” Marshall said, she expects the festival to be better than previous events.

The Cane Hill College is a nonprofit corporation. All proceeds from the festival fund the maintenance and restoration of the building and grounds.

The college is located in Cane Hill, just off scenic Arkansas 45 and three miles from U.S. 62.

Parking and admission is free.