(Sept. 30, 2001), (L. to R.) Pam Jensen, manager of guest services at the historic Daniel Boone Home, Larry Reeves, historic reenactor and portrayer of Daniel Boone, Carole Bills, from the Nathan Boone Museum in Ash Grove, MO, Ken Kamper, new Boone Historian in residence, and James Gladwin, director of the Boone Home Campus at Lindenwood University. In the background, members of the Milice de Ste. Genevieve can be seen firing a salute honoring the special guests for Pioneer Days. © photo by Bob Moore, SLFP.com

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• Concerts of traditional music on dulcimer and other traditional instruments by Samantha Oberkfel and Steve and Crystal Craig. The concerts will take place on the south lawn of the Boone Home at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. both days.
• The Milice de Ste. Genevieve will have a military encampment on the site, and will demonstrate pioneer cooking, flintlock firearms, firestarting, clothing and camping practices of the colonial era, both days, as well as militia drills and color ceremonies.
• Kraig Kaulkbrenner will demonstrate flintknapping, and offer his services in Native American artifact identification.
• The Boonesfield Pottery, the newest addition to Boonesfield Village, will be dedicated at 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Lindenwood University student potters will provide demonstrations in redware pottery both days.
• An audience participation theatre event will recreate the famous rescue of Boone's daughter, Jemima, from Shawnee kidnappers on the Kentucky River in 1776. Guests on the grounds will join the cast in assisting Daniel in one of his most heroic acts. The performances are at 12:00 noon and 3:00 both days.
• Nationally acclaimed historian Ken Kamper will be introduced as the new Boone Historian in residence, and will answer questions and lead discussions concerning the Boone family and Missouri history at 3:00 Sunday.
• A special collection of pioneer games will be on display, and families will have a chance to try their hands at the entertainments of pioneer life. The games will operate both days. Prizes will be awarded at some of the competitions.
• New explorers can attempt to match Daniel Boone's skills in the "Boone Maize", a 50' x 50' maze constructed of popcorn stalks grown on the Boone campus. Successful "explorers" through the maze will be rewarded with fresh grown popcorn.
• Numerous craftsmen and artisans will be demonstrating their skills in chairmaking, wood carving, metalworking, spinning, weaving, open hearth cooking, blacksmithing, colonial gardening, dying, and soapmaking, among others.
• All structures in the village will be open for tours, including the Daniel Boone Home, the 1810 four-story home where America's foremost frontiersman died in 1820.