NORTH RIDGEVILLE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Calendar of Events
North Ridgeville Bicentennial
(1810-2010)
 

April 2009 onward               Excerpts from Lydia’s Life presented to organizations.
                                              
June or July 2009                 First NR Pioneer School

August 7-9, 2009                  2009 Corn Festival       

April to May 9, 2010           Follow the 1810 journey of North Ridgeville’s pioneers,
                                                The Feat of Feet, on the web and in the papers.

Sunday, May 9, 2010          Re-enactment: May 10th, 1810 march of our
                                                pioneers from Columbia into “Rootstown.”

Sunday- Monday                 Reconstruction of the pioneers’ “bachelor cabin.”
May 9-10, 2010                   Cabin site tours begin.

May – August (?), 2010      Reconstruction of a “farm cabin.”

June 2010                              Second NR Pioneer School

Monday, July 5, 2010         Re-enactment: Arrival of Tillotson Terrell family.
                                                (The first family in town, July 6, 1810.)
                                               
August 13-15, 2010             2010 Corn Festival

October, 2010                      Re-enactment: David Beebe, Jr. cuts first road
                                                on Center Ridge and leads families into town.

Ref: 1810 - 1811                  Noah Terrell family (incl. Lydia) winters in bachelor cabin.

Ref: April, 1811                   Birth of Harriet Terrell (first child born), in bachelor cabin.

April ?, 2011                        Re-enactment: Bachelor cabin floods in April 1810.
                                                      Noah Terrell’s family rescued.

Fall 2011                               Re-enactment: Joel Terrell brings remaining families.

Dates yet unspecified          Plays, pioneer games, pioneer camp, contests, lectures, etc.

Videos planned for production: Lydia’s Life excerpts, Lydia’s Life full story, The Feat of Feet, and North Ridgeville’s Bicentennial (video recording of all our Bicentennial events).

Please click on the links below to find out about our upcoming
North Ridgeville Bicentennial celebration in 2010

Opportunities in the North Ridgeville Bicentennial

Wonder About Becoming a Historical Re-enactor?

Rootstown (Ridgeville) Pioneer Arrivals

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(Updated 08/30/09)

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