10th Annual Boggsville Days Had Record Attendance

Description: A traveler on the trail explains the contents of his trunk to a couple of visitors. He explained that both men and women carried carpet bags. See the Full Photo Gallery at the Bottom of this Article...

BY SUE KEEFER

The 2024 Boggsville Days was a success, with a record number of 337 attendees. Adding the volunteers involved, the figure would be over 400, according to Anita Pointon, Boggsville Director.

In this photo, a family in period clothing from a nearby booth gets their photo taken.

Games for children, a pulled-pork lunch, an adobe demonstration, wagon rides, a photo booth, entertainment, gun fights, a chuckwagon where people could churn butter, branding demonstrations, tours of the buildings, people in period clothing and merchandise booths were among the attractions of the day.

Although the day was warm, a breeze helped keep the visitors cool. This young girl makes sure she has a good hold on her doll during a gust.

Pointon said that four of Richard Carrillo’s family and colleagues were in attendance, and provided an adobe demonstration while repairing one of the hornos.

When mud was needed to help fix a horno, talking a few kids into getting their hands and feet muddy was not a difficult task at all.

Prior to the celebration, Boy Scout Troop 218 cleaned up small branches that had been left when some trees were thinned.

A calvary officer rides through the grounds on his horse.

This young cowpoke gets the final touch of a bandana in the pioneer clothing booth before getting his photo taken.

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A calvary officer rides through the grounds on his horse

Although the day was warm, a breeze helped keep the visitors cool. This young girl makes sure she has a good hold on her doll during a gust

This young lady put her whole body into the ring toss game

Various entertainers appeared during the day, including this fiddle and guitar duo

When mud was needed to help fix a horno, talking a few kids into getting their hands and feet muddy was not a difficult task at all

Family and colleagues of Richard Carillo helped fix one of the hornos

This boy learns just how long it takes to churn butter

One of the popular stops was the chuckwagon, which also featured a cow that provided milk for butter churning

A young lady gets fancied up before getting her photo taken in the photo booth, which was a popular stop.

This young cowpoke gets the final touch of a bandana in the pioneer clothing booth before getting his photo taken

A boy hammers nails into a horseshoe that surrounds a brand burned into wood

A blacksmith burns a design into wood

Another bloodletting device. No thank you, doctor. I am just fine today.

A trail doctor explains one of the many bloodletting devices used on the trail. In this one, a button is pushed on the top, which releases blades that come through the slots on the bottom.