![]() The Dougherty House and property recently opened as a museum to the public. The Dougherty House, the first frame house built between Mackinac Island and Grand Rapids, also includes a summer kitchen and ice house out back. As reported previously, the Peter Dougherty Society has spent many years restoring the home and adding furnishings, many of them original artifacts from when Presbyterian missionary Peter Dougherty built the home in 1842. If you haven’t been to the Peter Dougherty Home in a while, check it out at the next available opportunity. Poet, author and Civil War bard Jim Ribby was also on hand to tell stories about the Civil War and days of yore.Ĭivil War Bard Jim Ribby at Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Blacksmithing by Brendan Keenan Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Blacksmithing by Brendan Keenan Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Blacksmithing by Brendan Keenan Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Blacksmithing by Brendan Keenan Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Blacksmithing by Brendan Keenan Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo ![]() It’s always fun to see a spoon or other tool being crafted as it was back in the day.īrendan’s mom is Mary Keenan, who many will recall was a beloved TCAPS art teacher (and my art teacher at Old Mission Peninsula School). Old Mission resident Brendan Keenan was also on hand with his blacksmithing display. Rug-Hooking at Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Craftswomen at Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Rug-hooking Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Article about Log Cabin Day 2000, on top of the rug that’s featured in the article Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Hosted by the Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society and the Peter Dougherty Society, the event also featured vintage crafts such as chair caning, quilt-making, rug-hooking and more, as well as era-specific music and children’s games. Phyllis (Johnson) Cooley in the Hessler Log Cabin Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo Teri Johnson, Randy Stuck and Heatherlyn Johnson Reamer at Log Cabin Day 2019 | Jane Boursaw Photo ![]()
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