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THE AWARD-‐WINNING VOICE OF LIVING HISTORY AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION IN THE CAPITAL OF TEXAS, FOUNDED IN 1839. VOL. 14, NO. 3 AUSTIN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 2015 PIONEER PASTPORTS. ____________ NEW MEMBERSHIP LEVELS WILL OFFER IMPROVED BENEFITS, BIG-VALUE DISCOUNTS. SPRINKLE CORNER EDITION VALENTINE LOVE. NEW ‘SUNDAY SOCIALS’ OFFER HISTORY ADVENTURES; URBAN FARMING, CULINARY ARTS NOW ON CLASS LIST. ____________ A ‘PRAIRIE CUPID’ PROGRAM TO REKINDLE OUR HEARTS. ____________ ______________ ____________ VINTAGE FETE TO ENTERTAIN WITH SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY, FEB. 14; RIDE A HORSE-DRAWN WAGON THAT DAY. OPEN FOR ALL PROGRAMS, EVENTS. ____________ Special to the Gazette. New annual passes go on sale this month, offering bigger bargains and more perks than our old ones. For starters, the new Pioneer Pastports will be honored at all events and programs and on all days that we’re open. Then, we’re offering special starter discounts to give you real deals on all three. What’s more, if you renew your old pass in February, you’ll get an additional 10 percent off on the sales price. Important note: All of our current passes — Golden Nugget, Silver Dollar and Buffalo Nickel — will still he honored until they expire. All of the new passes will include a free email subscription to our monthly newsletter, invitations to special member-only events, a 10 percent discount in our General Store and a 10 percent discount on any of our Pioneer School classes and workshops. Buy now and save. Use the enclosed form to get your new Pastports delivered quickly, so Wild West Family Pass historical you can start enjoying our expanded JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS programs as spring approaches. PIONEER PASTPORT ! ! Wild West Family Pass pioneer JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS ! ! Wild West Family Pass PASTPORT Admission to all regular programs and events for a year for a family of up to six people in all. Additional guests get 10 percent Lone Staroff the Single Pass or regular admission price for that program JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS event. Buy-Now Price: $75 Regular Price: $100 pioneer PIONEER PASTPORT PASTPORT Pioneer Farms GATE PASS Lone Star ! Single Prairie Companion Pass Wild West Family PassPass ! JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS No!cash!value.! ! Prairie Companion! Pass for Two Admission to all regular programs and events Pioneer Farms for a year for two people. Additional guests get 10 percent off the regular admission price for that program or event. Buy-Now Price: $55 Regular Price: $60 GATE PASS ! Prairie Companion Pass ! JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS No!cash!value.! pioneer PASTPORT Lone Star Single Pass JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS Lone Star Pastport For One Admission on weekdays and weekends, without any special eventsFarms such as Halloween Pioneer or Christmas. Buy-Now Price: $35 Regular Price: $45 PASS AGATE HEARTY PIONEER THANKS GOES TO C. Aubrey Smith ! Prairie Companion Pass ! JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS No!cash!value.! PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS MONTH’S GAZETTE If you’d like to sponsor a month for $200, please e-mail us at [email protected] Pioneer Farms, both Victorian charm will show in ‘Sunday Socials,’ like one at our Bell House, left. At right, farming classes are now offered. Exciting history-themed weekends showcase our early-spring events calendar to offer you even more reasons to come out and step back in time, starting with Valentines Day. On Saturday, Feb. 14, we’ll offer a special program — “Be Mine: A Prairie Valentine” — complete with luscious chocolate treats, new exhibits, horse-drawn wagon rides and more. See PioneerFarms.org for more details. Bring your Valentine’s Sweetie out to Pioneer Farms for a special day they will all remember. Special Valentine items will be available for purchase in our General Store. ______________ ____________ NEW CLASSES ON OUR PIONEER SCHOOL CLASS SCHEDULE ARE SURE TO EXCITE. SPECIAL EXPERT PRESENTATIONS START MARCH 15 WITH LECTURE ON FAMOUS TEXAS WOMEN. CONDITIONS OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Family Pass entitles the Bearers listed below to be admitted free to programs, activities and events at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. Valid only until expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may be required to verify identities. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. No cash value. P ______________________ _ ____________ DECORATIVE METALWORK, BEES, HERBS, SOAPS, CURING & SMOKING OFFERED; SPINNING, LEATHERWORK RETURN. ass No 0801000001 R.S.V.P NOW TO HOLD YOUR SPOT. Name _____________________________________________________ Address PIONEER PASTPORT ______________ Special to the Gazette. ____________ Special to the Gazette. In the 1890s, Sunday afternoon socials were ______________ a place for Texans to gather to discuss a Special to the Gazette. CONDITIONS OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Family Pass entitles the Bearers listed below to be variety admitted of free things, in aand events typically Victorian, to programs, activities at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. Valid Central Texans wanting to learn about only until expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may genteel setting. bringingNon-transferable. them Noback be required to We’re verify identities. Non-refundable. cash value. backyard farming just got a big boost. with a history twist. We’ve added Backyard Farming, Native P Preservation On Sunday, March 15, we’ll launch a Square new Texas Plants, Herb Gardens, Fruit Trees and series CONDITIONS of special lectures presentations Sand PRINKLE Clisted ORNER ass No 0801000001 Beekeeping classes to our Pioneer School OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Single Pass entitles the Bearer below to be admitted free to regular Socials,” programs at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Valid only until called Name “Sunday each oneFarms.with a _____________________________________________________ schedule this spring. expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may be required to verify identities. history Non-refundable. Non-transferable. No cash value. Texas or Austin Classes in Spinning and Leatherwork are also Address Preservation theme with authors, Pass No. 0803000001 now enrolling, along with Sewing Plain & Square historians and notables. Name _____________________________________________________ Fancy, Soapmaking, Decorative Metalworking FirstAddress up: Rosemary ___________________________________________________ and Native Plant Medicines. SPRINKLE Morrow, the retired social Many classes now include take-home books. C CORNER studies director for the Look for the expanded Pioneer School class Texas Education Agency schedule listed on the Back Page or at Pioneer and member of the Travis County Historical Farms.org. More new classes are coming in Commission, who will present a program on March. 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Pass No. 0803000001 CONDITIONS OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Family Pass entitles the Bearers listed below to be Cost isadmitted $10freeato programs, person, includes admission Pass and No 0801000001 activities and events at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. Valid Nameonly_____________________________________________________ until expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate to Pioneer Farms. Pastport members (SeeID may Name _____________________________________________________ be required to verify identities. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. No cash value. storyAddress atAddress left) will get in for free. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ P Seating is limited, so be sure to RSVP at CityC ___________________ _______ Zip Code ____________ [email protected]. @ @ ! ass No 0801000001 ______________________ ! _ Name _____________________________________________________ SPONSOR A ‘SUNDAY SOCIAL’ for $250; Address DETAILSCONDITIONS AT [email protected]. OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Companion Pass entitles Bearers listed below to be ____________ admitted free to programs, activities and events at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. Valid only until expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may be required to verify identities. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. No cash value. NO YOLK: BUY EGGS, PRODUCE AT OUR FARMSTAND, AID PROGRAMS. Pass No 0801000001 Pioneer Farms Name _____________________________________________________ _______________ Address ___________________________________________________ City ___________________ _______ Zip Code ____________ Special to the Gazette. CONDITIONS OF USE: This Pioneer Passport Single Pass entitles the Bearer listed below to be One prototype for the proposed Saddle Shop. ______________________ _ HORSEMAN GREG VALDESPINO TO BE HONORED IN A SADDLERY EXHIBIT. Every weekend, starting admitted free to regular programs at thethis Jourdan-Bachman Pioneerwe Farms. will Valid only until ! month, expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may be required be selling eggsto verify and produce our Farmstand identities. Non-refundable.in Non-transferable. No cash value. at the General Store Pass to No. support our unique 0803000001 historyName programs. ______________________ _____________________________________________________ _ You don’t Special to the Gazette. Address ___________________________________________________ have to pay Greg Valdespino, an Austin attorney and C admission to longtime volunteer who headed our horse get in. program before he Every week, unexpectedly passed our free-range, away last November, Pioneer Farms natural eggs will be honored with a CONDITIONS Pioneer Passport Companion entitles in Bearers listed below to be can buyPasseggs bulk. will admitted beOF USE: ThisRestaurants saddle shop exhibit. free to programs, activities and events at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. Valid only until expiration date shown below. Must be shown at time of entry. Separate ID may be required to available, Valdespino, whose verify identities. Non-refundable. Non-transferable. No cash value. along with assorted produce. Check family had been in Pass No 0801000001 PioneerFarms.org for a weekly list. Texas for generations, ____________ Name _____________________________________________________ LIVE LIKE A PIONEER: THE SIMPLE LIFE had a dream to set up just a such an exhibit. It Steve Ashley will be located in our Greg Valdespino Sprinkle Corner entrance village. Tax-deductible donations for this most worthy project are being accepted. Call Jordan at 512.565.1243 for details. Address ___________________________________________________ City ___________________ _______ Zip Code ____________ See Back Page. ____________ ! PIONEER WEATHER REPORT ANYTIME Check SPRINKLE TX on Yahoo! or Google Weather to see the weather conditions at Pioneer Farms. Pioneer Farms Valentine’s Day card from the 1890s. ______________ BLACK-POWDER RIFLE DISPLAYS, INDIAN ACTIVITIES SET FOR MARCH 7-8 SHOWCASE. ______________ CELEBBRATE TEXAS’ REPUBLIC PERIOD AT AN AUTHENTIC 1840s SITE. ______________ Special to the Gazette. The sounds of black-power rifles will soon echo off the limestone bluffs along historic Walnut Creek, just like the days when Texas was a Republic. On Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, our Tonkawa Encampment — an authentic site from the days of the Republic — will play host to a special program celebrating Texas Independence Day: Return to the Republic. Special demonstrations and an exhibit of black-powder rifles, the type used in the days of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, will be featured in the two-day event. There will also be Native Texan displays and demonstrations, and a special afternoon class for Cub Scouts who want to earn the special Texas Badge. ______________________ _ A SPRING BREAK ‘STAMPEDE’ SET FOR FAMILY FUN MAR. 20-22. ______________ FRIDAY ADMISSION OF $3 A PERSON. ______________ Special to the Gazette. Costumed characters will show children how to carry water in buckets from the creek, how to clean rugs by beating them in the yard and how to do other chores on the Texas frontier. Longhorn cattle roam the Blackland Prairie once again. Our special Spring Stampede Days on Friday-Sunday, March 20-22, will make visitors feel like they’re living in “Little House on the Prairie,” the quintessential story of pioneer life. On Friday, the last day of Spring Break and the first day of Spring, admission will be $3 a person. On Saturday and Sunday, March 2122, a variety of historical activities, horsedrawn wagon rides, music in our dance hall, and more. Regular admission will be charged. Save the date: This will be a day not to miss! PAGE TWO, PIONEER FARMS GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 2015 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. ____________ ______________ SAGE ADVICE & LESSONS FROM THE 1800s TO USE ON TODAY’S URBAN FRONTIER. HIP-HIP HOORAY. The Texas Rifles’ January gathering was super. We felt like we had stepped back in Texas history. We will definitely be back for more programs like that. — Diana Hopewell Austin WESSELS WONDER. Your restoration of the dance hall is very impressive. My great grandfather was a Wessels who came to Texas from Germany. While I wonder whether we’re any relation, please accept this contribution to help with continuing expenses of this fine project. — Geri and Mark Becker Leander CONGRATULATIONS. We are so happy to hear that you’re becoming your own independent organization. As a grassroots group that preserves Texas history, you are to be congratulated for all your many successes in the past 10 years. — Michael Radcliffe Austin BIG WOW. Please give all your wonderful volunteers a Big Wow for their wonderful performances during our recent visit. — Becky Cavner Pflugerville WAY TO GO. Great work on opening a farmstand and expanding your vegetable operations. Way to go, on advancing your mission. — Farmer Jim Drew Austin ____________ ABOUT PIONEER FARMS. Texas Ranger Lt. James O. Rice, an original Austin settler, laid claim to 1,280 acres at the northward crossing of Walnut Creek in the fall of 1844 — including the site of Pioneer Farms. Eight years later, in 1852, Frederick and Harriet B. Jourdan settled on the site with eight children, and eventually amassed a 2,000-acre farm. In 1956, the Jourdan grandchildren, Laura and Eugene Giles, donated the core of their grandparents’ property to the Heritage Society of Austin (now Preservation Austin) for a park to honor early-day settlers. Staffed by volunteers, our living history museum is managed by a Board of Governors that oversees operations as the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms Foundation. CONTACT US Address: 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin TX 78754 Telephone: 512.837.1215 Text: 512.565.1231 Web: PioneerFarms.org E-mail: [email protected] BOARD OF GOVERNORS Michael Ward, Chairman M. Wayne Bell, FAIA, Chairman Emeritus Kalin Johnson, Vice Chairman Rosemary M. Morrow, Secretary John Mayfield, Treasurer Gene Bennett Donna Cunningham Rhonda Leggett Sara Saltmarsh Celeste Scarborough Stephen Webb TEAM LEADERS Jordan Anderson, Superintendent Jack Matzen, Foodways Stephen Webb, Artisans Kate Van Cleef, Curator Rhonda Leggett, Events Alice Bennett, Gardens Kate Marler, Marketing Sara Saltmarsh, Outreach Rosemary Morrow, Programs Kandace Johnson, Registrar Jon Durbin, Bookkeeping Celeste Scarborough, Scouts Kathy Zaborowski, Retail PI NEER NATION. Be A Texas History Volunteer. See PioneerFarms.org for application info. Pioneer Farms Gazette. COPYRIGHT 2015, JOURDAN-BACHMAN PIONEER FARMS FOUNDATION Pioneer Farms is a property of Preservation Austin The Pioneer Farms Gazette is published monthly as the official newsletter of the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms. All correspondence, changes of address and news items should be sent to: Pioneer Farms Gazette, 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin TX 78754 or [email protected]. Editor: Paul Walker Typesetting by EmSpace Design, Cedar Park. ____________ ______________ From the Modern Homestead Companion, 1899: “For a winter cold, press a clove of one garlic into a cup of hot water, add the juice of a lemon, mix in a teaspoon of honey and drink it down. This will surely help you to get rid of the cold faster . . . For congestion in the lungs and throat, chop up a handful of mint finely, put it in a cup, and then pour boiling water over it. Let it steep for about five minutes. Strain it, and a little honey to sweeten the taste. It will open up your breathing passages . . . For joints that become stiff during winter cold, mix two parts pure olive oil and one part kerosene to make a liniment to bathe the afflicted joints. ______________ GARDENS: WINTER TILLING & MORE. ______________ From the Guide to Farming, 1892: “With February comes the time to pull away the layer of leaves and begin working the wet soil beneath in preparation for spring planting. Wait a week after lifting the leaves to allow the worms to relocate deeper into the soil. Work some of the lead leaves into the soil, with manure from the barnyard that should be incrementally tilled into the soil in small measure with dried leaves and hay. The worked soil should be allowed to life fallow until after the last frost, before planting is commenced . . . Onions and peas can be planted soon after the month begins, potatoes, carrots and squash after the mid-month, and corn, beans, summer squash and peppers should wait until month’s end . . . Herbs should be planted only after the last frost, and with time given to allow the soil to warm up sufficiently, where they will the best . . . Remember that haste in the garden goes for naught.” ______________ NEW SITE: Our new PioneerFarms.org Website that debuted last week features a passel of changes to make it much easier to navigate. Many thanks to Aisha Burns for her hard work on our new look . . . Wessels Family The “Prairy Vally Concert Band” played Wessels Hall in the 1930s, including several who are relatives of its builders. ______________ HELP US CREATE A FIRST-RATE MUSIC DISPLAY IN WESSELS. ____________ Special to the Gazette. Your help is needed to fill our historic dance hall with Texas music and exhibits now that it’s almost restored. We’ve received several photos, advertisements and news clippings about the hall. We’re looking for more items from Wessels Hall or dance halls around Austin. If you’d like to help financially, go to PioneerFarms.org and contribute at the Join & Support tab. Or send a check at 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin TX 78754. Give now, and you’ll get an invite to the big opening party that’s planned. All donations go directly to the project. ____________ COME LIVE DAYS OF SAM HOUSTON, JESSE CHISHOLM AS A VOLUNTEER. ____________ Special to the Gazette. New volunteer opportunities are now available as we expand our unique history programing to meet growing public demand. Current openings: Costumed interpreters at the Texian and German Farms, animal feeders, artisans and an office assistant. Flexible shifts are available to fit your schedule, and we award gift cards twice a year based on hours worked. E-mail us at [email protected]. ____________ ‘PRAIRIE PICNIC’ BOX LUNCHES NOW ON SALE FOR TOURING GROUPS. ____________ Special to the Gazette. Follow us at keywords: Pioneer Farms, #pioneerfarms and @pioneerfarms. QUICK UPDATES ABOUT GOINGS-ON. REMEDIES: WINTER COLD CURES. HouseofMeats.com ____________ ____________ Pioneer Farms is a registered City of Austin Landmark, a designated Austin Heritage Tourism Site, an official Heritage Travel Destination of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and a Texas Historical Commission/Hill Country Heritage Site. WALNUT CREEK CHRONICLES. LIVE LIKE A PIONEER “Hand-me-down” from the cattle drives, “It’s delicious.” ____________ RECIPE: CHUCKWAGON BEEF STEW. ____________ Longtime Austin resident Phyllis Contreras sent along this month’s recipe — a hand-medown, she says, “from my great-great grandmother. As the story goes, my grandfather brought this recipe home after he worked on the cattle drives, and cooked for the men. It’s delicious.” Delicious “Prairie Picnic” box lunches are now available for school groups and other visitors to enjoy while exploring history. The handcrafted lunches feature a pork loin sandwich, 2 cheeses, grapes and a cracker for $6 each. A smaller cheese-cracker-and-grape lunch sells for $4.50. Lunches can be ordered when you book your tour. A small number will be available for purchase in the General Store each week. President’s Day DEALS Serves: 6 Ingredients • 2 1/2 lb beef cubes (5 cups) • 2 Tablespoon All-purpose flour • 1 Tablespoon Watkins paprika • 1 Teaspoon Watkins chili powder • 2 Teaspoon Salt • 3 Tablespoon Lard • 2 Sliced onions • 1 Clove garlic, minced • 28 oz Can tomatoes • 3 Tablespoon Chili powder • 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon • 1 Teaspoon Ground cloves • 1/2 Teaspoon Dry crushed red peppers • 2 cups Chopped potatoes • 2 cups Chopped carrots Directions Coat beef in a mixture of flour, paprika, 1 Teaspoon chili powder and salt. Brown in hot fat in a large Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft. Then add tomatoes, chili powder, cinnamon, cloves and peppers. Cover and simmer for two hours. Add potatoes and carrots and cook until vegetables are done, about 45 minutes. Contributions to this column are welcomed. Send them to [email protected]. PEACHES: A peach orchard is to be planted in coming weeks at our 1868 German Emigrant Farm, a nod to the Germans’ rich heritage in Texas. If you’d like to help us cover the $300 cost, send a check to Peach Orchard, 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin TX 78754. Donations are tax-deductible . . . SPRINKLE SPIFFING: Our 1899 Sprinkle Corner entrance village is getting all dressed up for spring, with periodappropriate flowering plants being added all around. Thanks to Alice Bennett and Valerie Raver for spearheading this upgrade . . . Pioneer Farms Texas bluebonnets, other wildflowers bloom along a fence. ____________ WILDFLOWERS: Thanks to a gift last fall from Marian and Paul Klein of Austin, our fence lines and walking pathways should be colorfully abloom come spring. That donation allowed us to re-seed native wildflowers where they would have been in the 1800s . . . OLDE SCHOOL LEARN THE PIONEER WAYS FROM THE PIONEERS. ____________ 17 PIONEERING CLASSES IN FEBRUARY & MARCH. ____________ NOW ENROLLING! Basic Blacksmithing Sat-Sun, Feb 7-8 and Sat-Sun, March 7-8 (2 days, 10-3 each day), $100 Blacksmithing 2.0 Sat-Sun, Feb. 17-18, or Sat-Sun, March 14-15 (2 days, 10-3 each day), $100 Metalwork Merit Badge Saturday, Feb. 14, or Saturday, March 14, (10-1) $15 Backyard Chickens: The Basics Saturday, Feb. 21 or Saturday, March 21 (10-1), $30 All Watkins Spices & Grinders Buy One, Get One Free! In Stock Items Only ____________ Lotion & Balm Specials Traditional Hand-Tool Woodworking Sunday, Feb. 15 or Sunday, March 15 (1-5), $50 Woodwork Merit Badge Sunday, Feb. 15 or Sunday, March 15 (1-4), $15 Knifemaking Sat-Sun, Feb. 21-22, or Sat-Sun, March 21-22 (2 days, 10-3 each day), $150 Girls of Grit: Women in Texas History Saturday, Feb. 28 or Saturday, March 28 (1-3), $10 Indian Lore Merit Badge Buy any Watkins lotion or balm in stock during February, and get $1 off any purchase over $10, $2 off any purchase over $20. In Stock Items Only ____________ Salves & Rubs Petro-Carbo Salve & Mentho-Camphor Rub ____________ Jackson & Giles General Store Pioneer Farms Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 10-5. Sunday, Feb. 22 or Sunday, March 22 (10-1), $15 Cub Scout Belt Loops Heritages, Wildlife Conservation, Map & Compass, Geology, Geography, Collecting, Weather, Texas Badge Saturdays & Sundays (1-3), $10. By advance reservation. See Full Schedule At PioneerFarms.org Sessions are held at times shown above. Enrollment required at least one week before class. Some classes receive course credits at Austin Community College. To receive credit, you must enroll through ACC. Enroll at PioneerFarms.org or AustinCC.edu Call 837.1215 for an electronic class schedule via E-mail.