MEDIA RELEASE__Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Well, there weren’t any lions or tigers but there probably were bears (and definitely wolves) when the Swiss settlers began to arrive in the Bluffton/Pandora area. 

Join us on Saturday, July 11, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Schumacher Homestead and Swiss Heritage Center, 8350 Bixel Road, for a look at the critters that our Swiss ancestors had to deal with when they began to build “The Settlement.”  

The Johnny Appleseed Park District, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Hancock Park District will have displays of furs, taxidermy and possibly some live creatures to show what lived here. The theme of the day is “Critters, Flitters, and Gallinippers,” but you’ll have to come to the event to learn what a Gallinipper is. 

Tours of the 1843 Schumacher house, garden, tool house and summer kitchen will be available starting at the house. Admission is $5.00 for visitors sixteen and older; members and children are free.

A new translation of P.B. Amstutz's history of the Settlement with additional information by Fred Steiner will be available for purchase and for pickup if you pre-ordered.

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On August 8, the 2nd Saturday activities will focus on "putting food by." Guests can help docents get food ready for winter.

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