Steamboat’s Coming!

Sunday August 3
Discover what life was like on a 19th-century steamboat from a costumed re-enactor: packing a trunk, walking a gangplank with a serving tray, mastering nautical terms, and turning a ship’s wheel. Then get yourself some kettle corn and enjoy “The Mouldy Figs” as they play and sing authentic steamboat music interspersed with steamboat stories. The program and music will be repeated about every hour and are free; small charge for refreshments.

Return to Shetak: The Courage of the Fool Soldiers

Sunday August 17

Barbara Britain, a descendant of Lake Shetek survivors, has produced a 90-minute documentary about an event of the U.S.-Dakota War in which a group of young Dakota men rescued two women and six children that had been taken captive after the battle of Lake Shetek. This award-winning film will be available for purchase on DVD. Britain has produced many videos and is a retired special education teacher who lives in White Bear Lake.