History Camp XV

Everyday last week Travis spent the morning at History Camp XV. Each day began at the Alta Schmidt Museum in Orland. The learned about local Orland and Glenn County History through a multitude of hands-on activities.

On Tuesday they took a walking tour of the town. This is Travis' fourth time for this tour. He went once with Logan, once last year, and once my high school history club students.

On Wednesday the students got to experience every day activities that kids would be involved in a 100 years ago. They washed laundry on a washboard and wrung it dry. They shucked corn, peeled apples and measured the peels, churned butter (and eat it), chopped wood, made toys, branded leather, and hand cranked ice cream. Logan and I helped with the button toy making and the branding.

On Thursday they got to play a variety of old games from tossing (real) horseshoes, dropping clothes pins (the old kind) in a jar, to shooting marbles.

On Friday they got to ride in old cars (from 1926 to 1950) from the museum to the Glenn County Fairgrounds. At the fairgrounds they toured the Heritage Trail (http://www.orland-ca.com/ohcs.htm ) and picnicked at Dead Owl Point after riding the train. They received awards and Travis was thrilled with his $5 BK card for winning several of the games on Thursday.

Overall the week was great and Travis got another good historical learning experience. http://www.orlandhistoricalandcultural.org/