The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
Dylan Schwalm peeks out from behind a flower she had pressed.
Martin Gundlach with the Lincoln Gold Prospectors Association shows Patti Carlson and Trish Harrison how to pan for gold
Billy Cyr guides his horse drawn wagon past a group of through-hikers hitching a ride back up to the Continental Divide Trail. The wagon ride, while a relaxing experience, would have only taken the hikers a couple hundred feet closer to their goal.
Heidi Agner shows a hiker visiting Lincoln how to stamp leather for a key fob.
Jesse Sallin, left, rotates a jar full of heavy cream to make butter while having a chat with Lola Arvidson.
Antique household and kitchen items cover a table in the center of the Community Hall
Harry Arvidson displays his collection of vintage ice cream scoops, inlduidn one designed for creating 'patties' of ice cream for ice cream sandwiches.
Dena Hooker demonstrates Dutch oven cooking.
Visitors to Lincoln's Heritage Day could step back in time last Saturday with horse drawn wagon rides and chances to try their hand at butter making, leather stamping, candle making, flower pressing, embroidery and wool spinning. There were also displays and demonstrations on making rag rugs, metal and gun engraving, pack trains, Dutch oven cooking and gold panning, as well as household and café items from a bygone era.
Last year Sallin and Erin Dey decided it was time to bring the annual Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society event back, several years after a lack of interest brought it to an end.
"I just thought it was a shame they didn't do it" organizer Jesse Sallin said.
Despite organizing the event's return, Sallin was unable to attend last year due to a health emergency, but this year she enjoyed seeing the people who attended and their interests.
"We had one little boy who just loved the embroidery, he took a couple pieces' home with him," she said. The butter making, gun and engraving display, and leather work were very popular and Sallin said she was really happy with the day and that there was a lot of good volunteer help.
Like Sallin, Lola Arvidson, had a health scare last year and they jokingly agreed they would both stay alive for Heritage Day this year.
Arvidson was once again waiting to greet people at the door with her Abraham Lincoln memorabilia on display.
Despite living in Lincoln, Arvidson's collection of Abe Lincoln items began well before she and her husband Harry moved here.
"I started collecting even before we had property here," she said. "I was interested in Lincoln, so I started years ago."
Her favorite part of the day was the people. She mentioned a group of hikers that came through and were just so interested in what was going on.
Visitors topped the day off with a vintage fashion show organized by Hope Quay featuring clothing from the 1920's to the 1990's.
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