Calendar of Events
Join Feast of the Hunters’ Moon Event Manager, Brooke Sauter, and learn how to sew clothes for the Feast! Brooke teaches both hand and machine sewing, and all skill levels are invited. Participants will work to learn new skills, make new Feast friends, and walk away with new garments for the 2024 Feast (Oct. 5-6).
J. C. Allen
Program by Fred Whitford
Doors open at 5:00, Program begins at 5:45pm
John Calvin Allen was the photographer at Purdue for the first half of the 20th century. His photos feature various subjects between his personal and professional life. The J. C. Allen Collection at the West Lafayette Public Library features Amelia Earhart photographs and other West Lafayette history.
An exhibit of J.C. Allen photographs from the WLPL and cameras from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association collection will also be on display at the WLPL.
Join Feast of the Hunters’ Moon Event Manager, Brooke Sauter, and learn how to sew clothes for the Feast! Brooke teaches both hand and machine sewing, and all skill levels are invited. Participants will work to learn new skills, make new Feast friends, and walk away with new garments for the 2024 Feast (Oct. 5-6).
Purdue University held its first classes in 1874 with a class of thirty- nine students, including John Bradford Harper. He was a very active student and graduated with a degree in chemistry. Yet, he became a civil engineer. Learn the story of Purdue’s first graduate, 150 years ago!
Presented by David Hovde.
The Wabash Valley saw rapid growth between the 1820s and 1860 as residents flooded west from Eastern states and Europe. Growth brought an influx of carpenters, builders, and architects to meet the demand for new buildings. This presentation will tell the story of early architects and builders who practiced in Fountain, Warren, Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass Counties.
Presented by Benjamin L. Ross
Benjamin L. Ross is a a Lafayette native and has been a historic preservation specialist with RATIO architects in Indianapolis for 15 years. Ben has been entrusted with analyzing, interpreting, and planning for the future of some of the most important historic sites in the United States, including the homes of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
Join TCHA and Purdue University’s Department of Anthropology to celebrate Indiana Archaeology Month!
This all ages- event will feature many hands- on activities such as an AtlAtl dart throw, artifact show & tell and identification, hands-on skeletal lesson with Dr. Melanie Beasley from Purdue Anthropology, a mini excavation, and archaeology activity books. The Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum will also have free entry.
The past is yours to savor at the Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. At this historic reenactment you can recapture 18th century life at Fort Ouiatenon—the first fortified European outpost in what is now Indiana.
The Feast of the Hunters’ Moon is a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans which took place Fort Ouiatenon, a fur-trading outpost in the mid – 1700s. It is held annually in early autumn on the banks of the Wabash River, four miles southwest of West Lafayette, Indiana.
Thousands of participants re-enact this event creating a feast for your senses. Smell the wood smoke, hear the report of the rifles, savor authentic food and more.
Continuous, free programming is held on five stages. French and Native American music and dance, fife and drum corps performances, military drills and demonstrations, fashion shows, games and contests can be enjoyed at the 50th celebration of this event. Special hands-on activities include the children’s trade blanket, costume try-on, candle-dipping, story telling, bead bracelet making, cross-cut sawing, and axe throwing.
The past is yours to savor at the Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. At this historic reenactment you can recapture 18th century life at Fort Ouiatenon—the first fortified European outpost in what is now Indiana.
The Feast of the Hunters’ Moon is a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans which took place Fort Ouiatenon, a fur-trading outpost in the mid – 1700s. It is held annually in early autumn on the banks of the Wabash River, four miles southwest of West Lafayette, Indiana.
Thousands of participants re-enact this event creating a feast for your senses. Smell the wood smoke, hear the report of the rifles, savor authentic food and more.
Continuous, free programming is held on five stages. French and Native American music and dance, fife and drum corps performances, military drills and demonstrations, fashion shows, games and contests can be enjoyed at the 50th celebration of this event. Special hands-on activities include the children’s trade blanket, costume try-on, candle-dipping, story telling, bead bracelet making, cross-cut sawing, and axe throwing.
Organized in 1902, Grandview Cemetery was meant to be a quiet, beautiful resting place. Over one hundred years later Grandview is the final resting place of 4,600+ people and the stories to be shared are endless. Come learn more about this cemetery and some of the early Tippecanoe County residents buried there.
This program is a partnership with The West Lafayette Public Library.
***Note: This event has been rescheduled from its original date of August 24th!