June 14-June 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Saturday)
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Historic Point Basse site

The Point Basse Pioneer Festival is the premier event at Historic Point Basse. The 2-day event is open to the public and takes place the second full weekend in June.

Visit the site and participate in the activities of the day. Enjoy the demonstration of period crafts, eat period foods, enjoy period entertainment under the big top. The festival offers fun for the whole family. Enactments, walking tours, music, ethnic dancing.

At the Point Basse Pioneer Festival various demonstrators and crafters will be at the site.

Re-enactors, craftsmen, and entertainers of the period mingle with the crowds.

$5 per adult; $2 per child.

Cooper making a barrel	Broom making
Folk dancers	A young man enlists
Weaving	Notching a log for a log cabin
Civil war troops were present at the site in the past	A whip demonstration