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2-4 – Illinois – Jersey County Victorian Festival Col. William
H. Fulkerson Historic Farm, Jerseyville. Where the
South Meets the North. The 1866 Fulkerson Mansion is the only
known Confederate officer’s home in Illinois and is furnished
with antiques and artifacts of the period, with a special
display of the colonel’s personal Civil War items. All authentic
US/CS impressions, civilians, drummer boys and sutlers welcome.
No registration fee. Sutler fee: $35. Please register by Aug.
15. Amenities include daily breakfast staples, a great dinner
Sunday evening, straw, hay, water, musket and pistol caps.
Bounty to first 12 artillery pieces (full and three-quarter
scale) pre-registered. Experience living history as you walk
the same grounds as Frank and Jesse James, Charles M. Russell
and Col. Fulkerson while enjoying a stagecoach robbery by
the James Gang, Civil War style show, Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address, great bluegrass music, antiques, working demonstrations
and a reenactment of a “Duel of Honor.” Rare collections on
display include Gen. Lafayette Baker’s Civil War artifacts,
General/President Grant’s family threshing machine, Thomas
Lincoln’s blacksmith anvil and other unique displays. A portion
of the proceeds will go toward historic preservation. For
more information, contact Fred Nolan, 25007 U.S. Highway 67,
Jerseyville, Ill. 62052, phone (618) 498-5590, email [email protected]
or Jim Cochran, 2530 South 7th Street, Springfield, Ill. 62703,
phone (217) 522-4179 or visit www.greatriverroad.com
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