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Experience the Eighteenth Century Today

By: Rocky Stephens

Ever wish you could visit the past? Rocky Mount Museum offers a trip for you to today's date...but the year is 1791.

For those of us younger than 200 years of age, rocky Mount provides more than a history lesson. spend time actuall living the past with the family, servants and friends of William Cobb.

The home was built by william cobb in 1772, and served as the Territorial Capital of the southwest Territory between 1790 and 1792.

On the site, the Nassengill Overmountain Meseum explains the region's diverse cultural heritage. rocky Mount is located on the Overmountain victory National Historic Trail.

Living history tours are offered daily by costumed interpreters in the Cobb house and farmstead. The 18th century lifestyle is shown throughout all four seasons. Spring chores include lambering and planting herbs and vegetables in the gardens. Corn, pumpkins and blue-flowering flax are grown in the firlds. The dogtrot provides a pleasant break on summer days and evenings. with the fall, comes the harvest, followed by warm holiday hospitality in the winter.

The barnyard, blacksmith shop, woodworking shop, and weaving cabin all share in housing the traditions of the frontier family. From the forging of iron and casting of pewter to the processing of wool and flax.

Come experience the daily life of a frontier family. See what they do, hear what they say, touch the products of their labor. sometimes you can even taste the benefits of the kitchen's hot open hearth. discover the region's past with all your senses!

 

 

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