This year’s Horace Kephart Days Celebration will be held October 11, 12, & 13 in the Pisqah National Forest (western North Carolina).
Activities start with a day hike on Friday. On Saturday, join Steve Watts and the Classic Campers from the Schiele Museum for classic camping demonstrations and more!!! Keep checking back at HoraceKephart.com for location and activity updates. Hope to see you there!
Steve Watts teaching a class at Kamphaven.
Classic Camping with Steve Watts and friends.
Camp Life…
No explanation needed…
Steve Watts in Classic Camping mode showing off a “Try Stick.” More importantly, many of the notches were put to use around his camp.
A packable classic camp. Kephart’s tent is most likely ballon silk (Egyptian cotton). (Photo: Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC)
Kephart’s first classroom in the Smokies. The fence was to keep wild hogs out. The smaller canvas structure to the right was his pantry. (Photo: Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Collowhee, NC)
Camp Toco, Kephart’s fixed camp in the Smokies. (Photo: Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Collowhee, NC)
Keep up with gatherings and events like this on our EVENTS page.
>>>——>
6 Responses to Horace Kephart Days Celebration – October 11, 12, 13