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14th Annual Corps of Discovery May 17-20, 2018 85 Township Road 1305 Toronto, Ohio The information below will have minor corrections, changes, updates or additions as more information becomes available. |
In May of 2018, the fourteenth annual National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation's Corps of Discovery teaching event will take place to help educate attendees on the ways of living and surviving in the American colonial era, between 1640 and 1840. What is the Corps of Discovery? This event is a learning exploration - much like Lewis and Clark when their expedition left for the great unknown from the banks of the Ohio River in 1804. What experiences can be explored? In the past we offered many seminars such as wing-bone turkey calls, cooking on an open fire with Dutch ovens, the art of scrimshaw, bow/arrow demonstrations, tomahawk and knife throwing and blacksmithing. We are always adding different seminars or workshops. All North American Order of the Beaver members are invited to an annual camp at Corps of Discovery. The staff of Corps of Discovery would like to extend an invitation to your group or home school. We are always seeking interested parties to attend. Please let us know if your group would be interested by contacting Mark Rebres or Vicki Duhamel. News |
| Set Up begins Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Registration Info: Pre-registration deadline April 17, 2018 Please register in advance if possible. It helps with deciding on number of port-a-johns, amount of wood, amount of food and other decisions. Fees: Pre-registration --NMLRA members and spouse or significant other - $20 each --Non-members - $25 each --Children 17 and younger - free --Dependants 18 and older - $12.50 each --Registration at gate --NMLRA members and spouse or significant other - $25 each --Non-members - $30 each --Children 17 and younger - free --Dependants 18 and older - $15 each --Early set-up fee - $5/day per adult if not pre-registered --Trader fee - $30 --Commercial blanket trader - $15 For a printable registration form from the NRLHF website, click here. To register by mail: Mail completed registration form with a check made out to NRLHF to: NRLHF PO Box 376 Hershey PA, 17033 To register online: visit www.nrlhf.org and click on "Corps of Discovery Cart" on the menu bar. You may pay through a Paypal account. Your paperwork will be waiting for you at the gate, or better yet, fill out a registration form and take it with you. For more registration information, contact NRLHF at: 717-312-3016 Fax: 717-707-0718 nrlhfoffice@gmail.com For information about event rules and regulations, ethics, trade rules and other information, please click here. Directions to Nichols' Family Farm.  Google Maps Take SR 7 to Toronto, OH. Get off at the 4th St. exit. Make a left at the first light, at the 3rd crossroad make a left onto County Rd. 47. Follow that approx. 3 miles to Township Rd. 1305. Make a left onto Township Rd. 1305, approx. ½ mile on the right side of the road. |
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The 14th Annual National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation (NRLHF) Corps of Discovery returns to the Nichols' Family Farm,85 Township Rd. 1305, Toronto, OH. Beginning Thursday, May 17 through Sunday, May 20, 2018, the event is free to the general public, Thursday through Saturday, and provides visitors a break in all things technological and a chance to leave 2018 behind and experience living history in a pre-1840 camp environment. The NRLHF Corps of Discovery staff remains committed to their goal of educating the public and providing a launching point to those who might be interested in becoming a re-enactor. This year we are allowing beginners to come and join. There will be an area set for participants with modern tents. There are more seminars being planned for this year. Home school and groups are welcome! If your group is interested in visiting, please contact Mark Rebres or Vicki Duhamel. We now have paper targets, as well as, woods walks for both Archery and Black Powder. There are also Hawk Blocks. We had some casual competition this year; if we get enough people we will start doing more competitions. The 14th Annual NRLHF Corps of Discovery will be open to the general public Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Visiting hours will be 9:00am-6:00pm. There are a variety of seminars planned including Dutch oven cooking, spinning, dyeing, lighting, blacksmithing, etc. The dye pot was educational for everyone; hopefully we can get several going, so if you have something that you want to dye, please bring it along. There may be a small cost to cover the supplies depending on what we do. If you are interested in helping teach skills you possess, please contact by calling 724 947-4931, or by e-mailing blackcreektraders@yahoo.com. 
 Wool dyed with marigolds We hope to have some other activities including Celtic games and as always a camp feast Saturday evening. Please watch the website for updates on seminars, workshops and work parties. Work parties for the event start in March and will include cutting wood, clearing brush and cutting briars to make the new location even better. For more information visit the 2018 events section of www.nrlhf.org, call 724 947-4931 or emailblackcreektraders@yahoo.com . The National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation Inc was formed in December of 1998 and incorporated March of 1999. A federal non-profit organization formed for the management of Living History Rendezvous between the time periods of 1640-1840, the NRLHF is a democratic foundation with elected delegates and Board of Directors.
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