This State Park provides docent education for everyone in hopes of passing along the Ozark skills and way of life to younger generation. In the Spring they do have classes you can take, but the docents also explain their craft to those who visit this State Park. There were blacksmiths, candle makers, coopers, knife makers, broom makers, those who made jewelry, potters, printers and spinners, weavers and dyers. Of course, you know where my interest is--- spinning, weaving, dying and broom making. The spinner was using this neat picker to get the wool ready to card. The broom makers were making brooms the same way I did when we were growing our own broom corn. All in all, it was a great day. The weather cooperated in giving us a cool day to tour the park. We saw an old soap forming machine and copper jewelery being changed into colors just from the amount of heat applied to it. This was right up our alley. Tonight we will go to some old fashined mountain music festivals.
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