Pioneer Skills Day Camp at Allen County Farm Park
On Tuesday and Wednesday, June 25-26 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will offer, Pioneer Skills Day Camp at the Allen County Farm Park.
Youth ages 10-14 will enjoy learning about life on the farm in the mid-1800s. Cook lunch on a coal burning cook stove, milk a goat, hitch up a team of horses to cultivate the vegetable garden, cut firewood with a bucksaw, and make homemade ice cream.
The Allen County Farm Park is located east of Lima in Bath Township, at the corner of State Route 81 (Ada Road) and Slabtown Road.
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