Heritage Days Celebration
2010 Heritage Days is
scheduled for October 9th and 10th.
For more information, click here:
Heritage Days 2009
Heritage
Days began in 1975 as a way to bring life back to the tiny community of
Osborne, Iowa. Tucked in among the rolling wooded hills between Elkader and
Strawberry Point, the once thriving town has lost most of its inhabitants to
other areas since its heyday in the 1930’s. Heritage Days was planned to
take visitors back in time to this community, and all other Iowa towns of
the pioneer era, through living history demonstrations, contests and other
activities.
From its
modest beginnings, with only a handful of demonstrations, Heritage Days has
grown to become one of Northeast Iowa’s most popular fall festivals. Held
on the second weekend of October each year, Heritage Days usually falls
during the peak of the fall leaf season. Thousands of visitors to the
area stop at Osborne to take a brief journey back in time.
Demonstrations include: basketry, candle making, quilting, spinning, story
telling and flint napping.
Contests
include: buffalo chip throwing, chili cooking, and pumpkin decorating
Tasty Foods
include: caramel apples, pie, buffalo stew, fry bread, and lefse.
