1. There was a period baseball game and these are a few guys who were on one of the teams. They don't use gloves and always let the ball bounce once before they catch it...thems the old time rules.
2. Saloon folks having fun.
3. These 2 ladies were tatting....making lace. They were in a building with some quilters.
4. This was a laundress and she was very informative. See the little stuff hanging from her waist? It's called a chatelaine and it has thread, needles, thimble, scissors etc. She said that they would make starch by grating a potato and then let it dry in the sun....mix it with water and stir with a CANDLE...evidently starch from a potato and a little wax stiffened up your clothes real well! They also had washboards set up and kids were giving it a go....lye soap...yuck.
5. Buffalo soldier set up. These guys were from Ft. Clark Texas. Buffalo soldiers served all over Texas....Ft. Davis is also well known for their black soldiers. Incidentally, twelve different forts were represented by re-enactors!
6. A buffalo soldier telling a story.
7. I like this picture alot...you can't tell, but she was talking on her cell phone.
8. These vaqueros/banditos look ominous.
9. I loved this bagpiper!!
10. A mountain man.
11. These 2 look rather wealthy. Maybe a banker and his wife?
For more info about this event go to www.fortstockton.org or www.cityfs.net
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