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Ongoing Heritage Workshops Forgo the tendency for sloth, good friends! We offer workshops on a variety of topics. Come join us as experts teach us the ways from the past. These ways always have application to today and to the future! Scout & Youth Days How appropriate to celebrate the vigor of youth! Fun and educational activities for cub & boy scouts, girl scouts, church youth groups, and other youth groups & clubs.
Family Nights Ah, ‘twas Dr. Anonymous who claimed “Families are like fudge—mostly sweet with a few nuts.” Our Family Nights have games, songs, stories, treats, animals, and other exciting activities designed especially to bring families closer together—even the nuts. Camp Rendezvous Hearken the rendezvous--that seminal gathering created for making trades and memories for Mountain Men. Like the rendezvous of old, our new Camp Rendezvous is an adventure! Perfect for girls’ camps, scout camps, youth conferences and more, our large group camping site has fun activities, and many opportunities for programming, entertainment, and engaging things to do. Daily Adventures or current festivals and events, when open, are usually included, plus energetic camp staff who will keep things hopping and meaningful for your group. Preschool Story Time Neglect not the child, is our motto. Story Time features fun stories and games for young children! Parties It is said that in modern times parties are not just for politics, and so, dear readers, each day during Daily Adventures, we have a party! Come for old-fashioned good times and snacks at 2 pm. each day. We switch sites and themes daily so that the experience is always different and always fun. Birthday Parties Is there a more fun and dynamic place to have a birthday party that at the American West Heritage Center? We think not! Our petting zoo, pony rides and train rides are fun, but these activities are augmented by our friendly staff who will make sure everyone has a fun time.
Handcart Treks Our modern times require us to remember bravery and perseverance when we have opportunity. Only two hours from Salt Lake City and minutes from Logan, the American West Heritage Center offers 1-3 day handcart treks in conjunction with Captain James G. Willie's family. Treks are a challenging yet rewarding way for tourists, youth groups, church groups, family reunions, leadership retreats and other groups to gain experience, make memories, and learn about the dedicated pioneers that trekked westward, while enjoying some of the most dynamic scenery in the West. This program is highly customizable. Designed to keep trekkers safe, maximize enjoyment, and reduce the amount of time commitment from the individual groups' leaders, all will enjoy the experience to the fullest. Building Rentals, Weddings, and MORE In our travels, we have always found the need for shelter, comfort and good times. If you require a place to hold your conference, wedding, family reunion or other meeting, look no further, dear reader! Our buildings, with a vintage look (yet modern facilities) are nestled at the base of the majestic Wellsville Mountains. Your activity or event can include wagon rides, train rides and more. We can recommend caterers, entertainment, and other activities. In the winter, our whole site becomes magical with holiday lights and décor and is the perfect place for your party or retreat. Come ride our new train!
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Jan 22 Come join us as we celebrate the opening of our new museum—a resource for all who live in our region and beyond! Jan 29 Each year the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation commemorates the massacre to their nation that took place in 1862—the largest massacre of American Indians west of the Mississippi. Please note that this event does not take place at the Heritage Center, but north of Preston, Idaho.
February 12, 13 Romance is as romance does, as they say dear reader, and one of our favorite activities is back with a romantic, gourmet feast and acts lovely and strange from the most popular form of entertainment from 1860 – 1920: Vaudeville. March 13 Is it time yet again to roll up our sleeves and volunteer? Our mission is important to our community, and we have so many ways that you can help. Help out in old-fashioned clothes or help behind the scenes. It’s always a pleasant time pitching in. April 6-10, 17, 24 Spring is the time for puppies to quack and chicks to neigh, so Utah's favorite spring event is back with more baby animals than ever before and fun activities for all ages. Main festival (many activities, vendors, and more) is April 8-10. Limited festival (pretty much animals only) April 6, 7, 17, 24
April 14 Classrooms from all over northern Utah and southern Idaho come and enjoy baby animals or old-fashioned activities. Charming reader, are you children coming? April 30 There are those of us who prefer, it appears, to live in the past. For those so incline, and for those who like to watch those who are include, this is an exciting, living history conference for the whole family. Held in conjunction with the Intermountain Living History Consortium. Techniques are demonstrated and presented on living in the past and on how to interpret the past to the public. Priced low so the entire family can come. Friday: Longer workshops on interpretation and skills. Saturday: Breakout sessions & Keynote. Keynote Speaker: Clive Romney, Pioneer Heritage Arts.
May 7 Epicureanism and estrogen at their finest, this is a Victorian Tea Party with a dizzying display of delicousness and fun activities. Get your tickets early: this is one of our most popular special events! May 21 Hearken to the conflagration’s mesmerizing pull, cherished reader! Join us for the ultimate Campfire program as we have our grand opening for our new Camp Rendezvous, a place for groups to camp and have fun. There will be marshmallow roasting competitions, songs, storytelling, games, and other fun activities. Come at 5 pm and procure some of our famous smoky ribs and other dinner items! June 1- Aug. 28 Oh honored and fun-loving reader, this is the heart and soul of what we do: living history excitement at four different venues: Native American, Mountain Man, Pioneer and 1917 Farm. PLUS: Train rides, pony rides, crafts, daily parties, and more. Daily Adventures runs from June through August, and then on selected weekends beyond. June 14-July 29 The Education Department at the American West Heritage Center is committed to creating fun and educational opportunities for kids! With our diverse living history sites, 275 acres of open land, farm animals, wild animals, and experienced camp leaders, learning comes naturally. This summer let your elementary age child explore life on a 1917 farm, a pioneer settlement, or nature and culture on the Native American and mountain men encampments. Summer Camp experiences include: 1. Life on the Farm Check our website for other 2010 camps! (www.awhc.org)
June 18 - August The Bard—or at least his goofy cousin—returns to our lovely pastoral park with a delightful musical melodrama for the whole family—Wild West Style. Come at 5 pm and be engaged with our Wild West activities such as tomahawk throwing, panning for gold, steer roping, horseshoes, and more. It’s the Bard as you’ve never seen him before! Show starts at 7 pm. July 24 Our pioneer ancestors worked hard, it can easily be claimed, but they played hard, too, adventurous reader! It's our 4th annual Jubilee, and it's quickly becoming northern Utah's favorite authentic pioneer event. Fun activities for the whole family, including train rides, pony rides, the largest Pioneer Water Party in the West, and more. Come hungry, Coppermill Restaurant will be here with their fantastic faire. July 24 With pioneering in our blood, we enjoy each year pushing and pulling handcarts to the various parts of our gourmet meal with fun activities along the way. This is one of our most popular events, so make your reservations early! Priced low so families can attend! Large group pricing (and many handcarts) also available. August 13 Do not be left in the dark, most illumined reader! Stokes Nature Center joins us with our 5th annual Star Party. This is the summer's most exciting party with our famous glow-in-the-dark tea party, storytelling, star gazing, and fun nighttime activities during the most active meteor shower of the year: the Perseids.
August 20-21 Our motto is to never let sleep get in the way of important things! Drop in or stay the whole time during our marathon scrapbooking event. You can shop for supplies from local dealers as well as work on preserving memories. Tables and workspaces will be provided (reservations required for a workspace). A light dinner and snacks are included, with other food available for other meals. Stay overnight as you camp out in our Opera House—or stay up all night! August 28 It’s bagpipes aplenty, haggis will be served, and you can enjoy Celtic performers of all kinds, Celtic vendors, Highland Games, and a host of other activities at this most excellent bash. Our Daily Adventures is going on at the same time, so it’s double the fun for your admission. Brought to you by the Utah Scottish Association and the American West Heritage Center. September 18 “If you tickle the earth with a hoe she laughs with a harvest” said journalist Douglas Jerroid not to many decades past. Enjoy our exciting harvest and Farmtastic Fall activities such as the Corn Maze, Train Rides, the ever popular pioneer-era thresher, and more for all ages. We like to kick off our harvest season with a party!
September 18 – Oct. 30 It has already been admitted by many, cherished reader, that this is Utah's most fun place to spend the harvest season! Corn Maze, Blackout Maze, Train Rides, Pony Rides, Super Slide, Hay Jump, Kid's Pirate Hay Fort, and much more! We have more fun things to do than you can shake a stick at. Sept. 28 Classrooms from all over northern Utah and southern Idaho come and enjoy old-fashioned harvest activities. Oct. 15-16, 22-23, 29 Welcome, haunted reader, to Northern Utah’s scariest spot! Our Hollow is already a naturally scary place at night, but we’re making it even scarier as we explore strange and scary legends and tales. Ages 8 and older advised. December 3-4 It's an evening of elegance, steeped in history, as we go back in time for an authentic Victorian menu, entertainment, and just maybe a few yuletide gunfights. Our authentic Victorian party will take place after the dinner with games, dancing, lighting the candle-laden tree, and many fun activities. Now's your chance to see the origins of many of our favorite Christmas traditions; we got many of them from our Victorian ancestors. If you like, we can do a private Feast for your group, too. (minimum of 40 people). December x-y Cache Valley’s favorite resurrected holiday event returns, with our partner the Alliance for the Varied Arts, for its second year at the American West Heritage Center. It’s a fine art Victorian marketplace with lots to see and do. Special Thanks to:
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