CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Historical Society has scheduled its annual Fall Apple Cider Festival at the historic Bloody Knox Cabin on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
The cabin is located along Route 453, in Kellytown, between Madera and Curwensville.
The festival commemorates the December, 1864 armed skirmish between local Civil War deserters and the Federal Veteran Reserve Corp troops who were sent to arrest them.
Two men were killed – 19-year-old Private Edgar Reed of the arresting party and Thomas Adams, the host of a party of deserters who were gathered at his cabin home. The reconstructed cabin stands on the spot of the original structure.
Since its beginning; the festival has been a free family-oriented affair enjoyed by all ages. Demonstrations of Civil War era crafts and workmanship will be available such as rope making, black smithing, flint knapping, butter churning, corn brooms, Gearhart Knitting Machine, corn shelling, sauerkraut and new this year, demonstrations on loom weaving.
Also new, Tribe of Two will have Native American displays and education. Help press apples on the antique press to make cider.
The first 100 children receive a free pumpkin to decorate. Free samples of cider for all. Admission is free and the public is welcome.