FEAST of the Hunters' Moon

This is a little tease to a historical documentary I am doing on "The FEAST of the Hunters' Moon. The FEAST of the Hunters' Moon is recognized as one of the top festivals in the state of Indiana. It takes place each fall at Fort Ouiatenon on the Wabash River about 4 miles downstream from Lafayette. This rendezvous is a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans at this fur-trading outpost in the mid 1700s. The program will hopefully capture the spectacle and excitement of this 18th century world and tells how this festival came to be.
In this segment we hear from William Baugh, who was a junior high school history teacher at Rossville Indiana in 1967 when his students completed a history club project that was so amazing it led to the creation of this festival, the first 18th Century living history festival in the nation. Del Bartlett tells how he discovered the actual site of the original Fort Ouiatenon when he was a student at Purdue University.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Wea Indians Fort Ouiatenon
• West Lafayette
• Duane Busick
• Feast
• Hunters' Moon
• Indiana
• Community Celebration
• Rendezvous
• Indiana Tourism
• Tippecanoe County

[ieweg]

Did you finish your documentary??? I'd love to see the finished product.

The Feast is coming up! This Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25 2011! I'll be there!

[xblade123]

This year was great. I went there on the Saturday and was really fun and lots of good stuff for sale.

[Music2Forever]

I REALLY want to go on Saturday!!! I hope that I can go! I went to the reenactment at Cantigney (it was my first reenactment), and it has left me hungry for more!!

[HostTwilightfan1010]

Imma going to go this year 1 week cant wait

[entmage]

This event looks awesome.

[historicaltrekking]

A good living history promotional video.