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First Annual
4-H Western Heritage Conference and National Invitational Shoot


July 30 - August 2, 2014

Virginia City and Nevada City, Montana
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Wednesday, July 30th:

5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Registration Open

7:00 p.m. – Welcome
    
History of the 4-H Western Heritage Project

History of Alder Gulch and the Founding of the Montana Territory
                   Dan Thyer of the Montana Heritage Commission

Stories of Alder Gulch by Montana Heritage Commission Representatives

8:00 p.m. – Western Movie – Youth Guide Activity


Thursday, July 31st

7:30 - 8:45 a.m. - Registration Open

8:15 – Breakfast

8:40 – Opening Ceremonies

Presentation of State Flags

            Pledge of Allegiance/4-H Pledge

            Montana 4-H Welcome

Cody Stone, Director of the Montana 4-H Center for Youth Development

            National 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassador Welcome

Welcome to Virginia City from City Representatives 

Welcome to Alder Gulch from the Montana Heritage Commission

Orientation – Event Staff Introductions, Workshop Locations, Directions                              

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – General Session:

                  Roads to Alder Gulch, Dan Thyer, Montana Heritage Commission

10:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. (90 Minute Sessions):
      Transcontinental Rail Road
      Leather Work – Constructing the Belt Pouch
      Wheelwright

10:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
      Frontier Fashion/Historic Fabrics
      Maintaining Old West Guns

11:25 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
      Braid A Leather Whip
      Get the Lead In – Cast Lead Toy Soldiers
      Wagons, Teams, and Harness

12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. – Lunch

Cowboy Ethics – Youth Guide Activity, Todd Williver

1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. - General Session

            Gold Mills and the Bozeman Trail, Nick Shrauger

2:35 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. (90 Minute Sessions):
     Letterpress - Typeset and Print Your Calling Card
     Cartridge Reloading Tools of the 19th century
     Heritage Quilting, the 9-patch
     Leather Work – Constructing the Belt Pouch

2:35 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
    Soap Making
    Pan for Gold
    Wagons, Teams, and Harness
    Clothing Interviews

3:40 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
     Hardtack for Hard Times
    Pan for Gold
    Dutch Oven Cookery          
    Clothing Interviews                                                  

4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
     Artillery Firing Demonstration
     Clothing Interviews            

6:00 – Dinner

7:00 – Frontier Games; Checkers Tournament, and
           Clothing Interviews  (7:00 to 9:00 p.m.)

Around Dark:   Ghost Tours

Friday, August 1st:

8:15 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (General Session):

     Living History Methods, Dan Thyer, Montana Heritage Commission

10:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.  (90 Minute Sessions):
      Buttons & Needles & Thread; Oh My!    
      Pocket Watches – Time Keepers of the West
      Letterpress- Typeset and Print Your Calling Card  
      Myth of Black Powder Corrosion

10:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
      Ask the Archivist
      The Fully Dressed Lady; Corset, Petticoats and Clothing of Daily Life
      Pan for Gold

11:25a.m. to 12:10 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
      Log Hewing
      Conversation with the Midwife
      Soap Making
     Wagons, Teams, and Harness    

12:30 p.m.  – Lunch  (General Session):

        Tribal Women-Assimilating into Frontier Montana, Glory Blue Earth-Highley

1:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (3 Hour 45 Minute Session):

            Historic Gold Mill Tour

1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
    Ask the Archivist
   Join the Artillery!
   Wagons, Teams, and Harness

 2:35 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (90 Minute Sessions):
     Sewing Clothing - Make my own Period Outfit?
     Guns of the American Frontier Experience
           Shoot 19th Century Firearms
     Leather Work – Constructing the Belt Pouch

2:35 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
     Cooking on a Wood Fired Stove
     Wagons, Teams and Harness

3:40 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. (45 Minute Sessions):
      Dutch Oven Cookery
     Wagons, Teams, and Harness

4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

     Clothing Interviews

5:30 p.m. – Dinner

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Go to the Vigilante Players Theater Show!

     On the Gold Trail with Deadwood Dick - Virginia City Opera House


Saturday, August 2nd:

9:00 a.m. – Invitational Shoot Safety Meeting

9:30 a.m. – Begin Stages

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Continue Stages

4:00 p.m. – Conclude Invitational

5:30 p.m. – Dinner and Awards

7:00 p.m. – Event Comments;

                  - Invitation to attend Missouri Conference in 2015.

                  - Concluding Remarks

10:00 p.m. – Lantern Tour for Western Heritage Conference Participants
                        - Nevada City Living Historians

                       

Sunday, August 3rd:            See you next year!!!