Event Details
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013
Cracker Days and Native Plant Sale
Time: 10:00 am til 4:00 pm
Location: Rainbow Springs State Park
Description: Description:
Come to Rainbow Springs State Park to experience a whip cracking good time! See first hand Florida’s history with the original Florida Cracker lifestyle. Come see an expansive group of Cracker time period exhibitors. Be amazed at some of the arts like spinning yarn, making clothes, grinding corn, making butter, chopping wood, making usable home items and many more unique arts. Visit a Cracker Cow Camp and a Trapper Camp. Learn how to make fire from flint. See exhibitors in period costumes. Come browse booths and purchase unique gifts. While you’re enjoying the beautiful headsprings of the Rainbow River take time to listen to the music or some very interesting talks about the Cracker period of Florida History. Join us on Cracker Weekend to celebrate Florida history and culture with the sponsors Friends of Rainbow Sprigs and Rainbow Springs State Park.
Fees: $2.00 park admission.
Contact: For more information, call 352-465-8555.
Directions:
Rainbow Springs State Park day use area is located three miles north of Dunnellon on the east side of U.S. 41. From I-75, exit at the second Ocala exit onto State Road 40. Take State Road 40, west. Drive until it de
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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
