Upcoming Events
July 21, 2010
Old Courthouse Museum - Monroeville
Monroe County History Tour
(251) 575-7433
Admission: free, SARIC Credit given for teachers.
Learn more about Monroe County’s historic places. This workshop includes an air-conditioned bus tour of historic sites in Monroe County- a county that’s older than the state of Alabama. Attendees will learn about historical events and sites that focus on early Alabama history, including the Indian Territory era, pioneer settlement, the significance of the Federal Road, mill towns, and steamboat traffic on the Alabama River. The workshop will give teachers and history enthusiasts a chance to tour sites that are not accessible to the public. Teachers are given first priority, but the general public is also invited. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and meet at the Old Courthouse at 7:30 a.m. Contact Wanda Green at the museum (251) 575-7433 to register.
November 4-5, 2010
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park - Beatrice
Pioneer Days
$5 for students, teachers & chaperones
This is a unique opportunity for students and adults alike to see demonstrations of skills and crafts from the past, such as blacksmithing, mules grinding sugar cane, and corn milling at the 1845 water-powered grist mill. There will be candle making, cooking demonstrations, basket weaving, nature hikes and more. Schools groups and large groups must schedule. 9 a.m.-noon. Rikard's Mill is located between Monroeville and Camden on Hwy. 265. Contact Wanda Green at the museum (251) 575-7433.
November 6, 2010
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park - Beatrice
Cane Syrup Making Day
$5 adults, $3 seniors & children
Join us for a day of family fun. Watch a 20th-century mule-driven cane mill and furnace make cane syrup as in olden days. Stone ground grits and cornmeal will be available. The syrup will be ready by 1 p.m.- Limit 1 jar per person. Monroe Sausage will be available for lunch. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Rikard's Mill is located between Monroeville and Camden on Hwy. 265. For more information, contact the Wanda Green at the museum at (251) 575-7433.
November 12-13, 2010
Old Courthouse Museum - Monroeville
Fruitcake Festival - Celebrating Truman Capote
Admission charged.
Third annual festival celebrating Truman Capote and the Southern fruitcake made famous by Sook and Buddy in “A Christmas Memory.” Homemade fruitcakes of all kinds, specially made by local cooks, will be on sale, along with local pecans and other traditional Southern foods. A Silent Auction will be held for fruitcakes in special tins, as Capote made. Friday night’s program will feature Dawn Hare as the Fruitcake Lady, famous for her appearances with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. The performance will be followed by a grand party (with fruitcake, of course) on the courthouse lawn. The Fruitcake Lady was a Monroeville native and Truman's aunt! Contact Stephanie Rogers at the Museum for more information and tickets (251) 575-7433.
