JEFFERSON —
Sarsaparilla and root beer were the drinks of the day Saturday at the Early America Live 1890 Re-enactment Saturday at the Historic 19th Century Jefferson Depot Village.
“We’re having a good time,” said Cindy Morris of Jefferson while her grandchildren from Beaver, Pennsylvania enjoyed playing around the May Pole.
The village includes 12 historic buildings that focus on the life experience of people living in the 19th century.
Terri Toukonen, of Jefferson, volunteered her time to help the candle making experience come alive. She said she has a new respect for people living in that time period.
“It would have taken days to make a week’s worth of candles. It is a very slow process,” she said.
Dr. Richard Waters, a retired dentist, provided information concerning 19th century medicine.
“We have a lot of medical equipment that was used in the 1860s and the 1900s,” Waters said. He displayed a pill maker that was handed down through generations.
“My grandfather and great grandfather were doctors and they made their own pills.”
Carly Tackett, 17, of Jefferson and friend Natalie Demas, 17, of Rock Creek, said the period dresses were “different” and is thankful cooler clothes are now acceptable.
The historic Austinburg Schoolhouse has been donated to the depot village, by John Brkic, and will be recreated to look like the Warner Tavern, said Jean Dutton, president of the depot committee.
She said John Warner was the second resident of Jefferson arriving in 1805.
He opened the tavern in 1807 when the town had grown to a thriving 15 people. Warner became the first mayor of the village in 1816, she said.
Kirsten Jones, 16, of Jefferson, was busy demonstrating how clothes were washed Saturday afternoon in front of a clothes line.
“I’m really in my element. I really love all the old fashioned stuff,” Jones said.
Dutton said commercial buses now bring people for tours of the village. “We have a dozen (trips) scheduled. There are lots of people from out of town,” she said.
“Every cent goes into the restoration,” she said. The event continues today at noon.
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