Chehaw Frontier Fest arrives this weekend

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January 7, 2016

Nick Carter demonstrates a black powder musket to attendees of the 2015 Frontier Festival at Chehaw park. (Herald File Photo)

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This weekend visitors to Albany’s Chehaw park will get a glimpse of what life was like in the 1700s and 1800s as the annual Frontier Festival inhabits the park Friday through Sunday.

Spinners at the Chehaw Frontier Festival, which is slated for this weekend, employed a variety of fiber including wool from sheep and alpacca. (Herald File Photo)

Chehaw’s annual Frontier Festival, which runs this weekend, features cooking, blacksmithing, hide tanning, bow making, weaving and other activities that were prominent during the 18th and 19th centuries. (Special photo)

Teepes and primitive shelters are a fixture around the grounds at the Chehaw Frontier Festival which returns to the park this weekend. (Herald File Photo)

Nick Baker demonstrates the firing of his percussion cap musket at the 2015 Chehaw Frontier Festival. (Herald File Photo)

Jerry Deshotel, of French and Choctaw heritage, has been coming for years to events like the Chehaw Frontier Festival, which returns to the park this weekend. (Herald File Photo)

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