Contact for all Fort events: Bill Farmer, Living History Coordinator
Ft. Boonesborough State Park, 4375 Boonesborough Rd., Richmond, KY 40475
859-527-3131 ext. 216 ftboone@bellsouth.net

Fireside Chats - Each Saturday evening features a different character from Kentucky's history in first person. Experience a little "frontier fare" served before each performance. Cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple. Reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited.

January 27: Daniel Boone (Steve Caudill)
February 3: William Whitley (Matt Bryant)
February 10: Isaac Shelby (Mel Hankla)
February 17: Ann McGinty (Melanie Kuntz)
February 24: George Rogers Clark (Mel Hankla)

Living History Weekends - (formerly "militia musters") We invite those who portray the characters or lifestyles of the early frontier, whether soldier, scout, land speculator, settler, trader, beggar, scoundrel or general "frontier trash" to gather at the fort on the following weekends. Winter months most folks stay in the fort cabins, other months camps are set-up in and around the fort. Wood, water, ice and facilities available.

January 27 - 28
February 24 - 25
March 30 - 31
April 28 - 29 (at Boone Station)
May 26 - 27 (Trade Fair Weekend)
June 23 - 24
July 28 - 29
August 25 - 26
September 22 -23 (Siege Weekend)
October 27 - 28
November 24 - 25 (Winter Trade Days Weekend)
December - No Gathering

April 20-21 - Ruddle's Station Massacre (held at Boone Station, Athens) -

May 26-28 - 18th Century Trade Fair

June 9-10 - Women on the Frontier

September 22-23 - The 1778 Siege of Boonesborough

October 6-7 - Hammer-In (A Blacksmithing Event)

November 3-4 - A Kentucky Woodsman's Weekend

November 24-25 - Winter Trade Days at the Fort