Event/Site: Corn Shucking Frolic at Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm
Date: Third Saturday in October, 10:00am—5:00pm.
Type: Annual agricultural heritage festival at
1900-era living history farm featuring heritage music, food, and
activities related to corn harvesting.
Location: Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm, 308 Horne
Creek Farm Rd., Pinnacle,
NC. From Interstate 74/U.S. 52, take the
Pinnacle exit (129). Follow the signs southwest on Perch Road approximately three
and one-half miles to Hauser
Road. Turn right on Hauser Road and go approximately
two and one-half miles. Then, turn left. (It's
strange, but this road is also named Hauser Road.) Go 1/4 mile and
Horne Creek Farm's entrance will be on the left.
Click
here for a map.
Cost: Small donation requested.
Parking:
Free. Accessible for bus tours.
Special Needs Access: The
visitor center is accessible to all visitors from a gravel parking
lot. There is a short path to
the historic buildings, accessible with assistance for wheelchairs.
Bathroom is accessible.
Signage:
Sign at location and
en route.
Sponsor: Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
Web
Site: www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/horne/horne.htm
Contact:
Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm
308
Horne Creek Road
Pinnacle, NC 27043
(336) 325-2298
(336) 325-3150 (fax)
hornecreek@surry.net
Description of Event: This
traditional rural frolic features harvesting, shucking, shelling, and
grinding corn. Regional old-time
stringbands play throughout the day, adding
merriment and authenticity to the event. Music-making was an important part of
the region’s rural past, as it remains today. People of all ages can also enjoy
cider making, quilting, cooking, woodworking, wagon rides, and a
variety of other craft demonstrations.
History of Site/Event: The event began in 1990 to demonstrate one of
the big fall events of life on a typical 1900 North Carolina farm. During those years, a corn shucking
would serve two purposes— accomplishing a work task and giving
folks an opportunity to socialize.
Description
of Site/Facility: The farm
includes the Hauser farmhouse (1875-1880), restored and furnished to
the circa 1900-1910 era, well/wash house, fruit house, smokehouse,
double-crib log feed barn, tobacco curing barn, corncrib, reconstructed
fruit and vegetable dry house. There are live animals on the farm, but
petting is not encouraged. An heirloom apple orchard featuring over 400
varieties of southern apples near extinction is open periodically
throughout the year and by appointment. It the only such
publicly-operated orchard of its type in the country. A temporary visitor center at
the entrance to the site contains offices, restrooms, a gift shop, and
exhibits. A nature trail starts at the visitor
center.
Significance of Site/Event to the
Community: The frolic gives area visitors and residents the
opportunity to experience what a fall corn shucking frolic was like a
century ago. The setting is scenic and historic, and the inclusion of
music adds to the event’s enjoyment.
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