Applefest returns Saturday and Sunday
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Applefest returns this weekend to Grinter Place
The annual Applefest will return Saturday and Sunday at Grinter Place state historic site, 1420 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The event was last held around three years ago, according to Pam Howe. She is the co-administrator of the site with Bill Nicks.
This year the Grinter Place Friends are partnering with Strawberry Swing to hold the event, Howe said. The group has popup events each weekend, bringing its own following, food trucks and more to events, she added.
The event Saturday and Sunday will include kids’ activities, free tours of the Grinter House by tour guides in period costume, artists and crafters’ displays, music and Grinter Place items for sale such as apple butter, candles and T-shirts. There will be vendors.
Representatives of the Delaware and Wyandotte nations will give presentations on a small stage, she said.
A small pop-up gift shop will be located inside Grinter House, she added.
Admission is free and open to the public for the two days, she added.
Hours of the festival are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25.
Grinter Place is a state museum on the site of a ferry across the Kansas River, on the military road between Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Scott. The historic Grinter House was completed in 1857 and is furnished in that period.
As with any festival of its kind, a lot depends on the weather. Howe said the current forecast for the weekend is good, with warm temperatures in the afternoon, and no rain.
For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/grinterplace.
Winter Speakers Series to start Dec. 11 at Grinter Place
Grinter Place will kick off its Winter Speakers Series at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.
David Meditz will speak about George Washington Jackson, a Wyandotte County citizen who had ties to the late President U.S. Grant, according to Pat Spencer of the Grinter Place Friends.
The Dec. 11 presentation will include information about a Spanish-American War infantry unit with almost all Wyandotte County residents.
Grinter Place is a state historic site at 1420 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The museum is the 1857 home of Moses and Annie Grinter. Moses Grinter ran a ferry across the Kansas River and was the postmaster in the area.
There is no admission charge for the speakers series. Questions and answers will follow the program, which is expected to be 30 to 45 minutes long.
Tours of the Grinter House will be available. The historic house is decorated for Christmas in the style of the 1850s.
Light refreshments including cinnamon rolls, coffee and tea, will be served on Dec. 11, Spencer said.
Other dates in the Grinter Winter Speakers Series include Jan. 15, Louise Crable, Wyandotte County historian, “Plants and Herbs of the Grinter Era”; Feb. 12, Wyandot Nation of Kansas, Principal Chief Judith Manthe, Wyandot tribal history and culture; and March 12, Bill Nicks, Wyandotte County historian and re-enactor, who has a sunflower collection, will speak on sunflowers since 1861.
In the event of inclement weather, contact the organization to see if the event will still be held. Masks are required for indoor events.
For more information, visit the Grinter Place Friends Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GrinterPlaceFriendsInc or call 913-334-2500.