High Cotton is Coming October 6, 2012

            And this year will be bigger and better than ever.  So much excitement is building; it is impossible to know where to start.  You will not want to miss the festivities. 

            We are busy forging a relationship with the newly forming Scott Heritage Farm Project to turn the Settlement into a living, working farm.  Exhibits, videos and participation opportunities will be at High Cotton.

            Photo opportunities for kids and families will abound – whether in the pumpkin patch, on the pony rides, with the scarecrows and hay bales, in front of the mule driven sorghum mill, or riding the antiques bus. 

            You can tour the Dortch Commissary that will for the first time be open for tours. As our donors and volunteers know, it has been the focus for the past year.  After several grants, donations and lots of dusty dirty grunt work, it has been cleared, painted, roofed and cleaned.  The two films that used it for shooting left behind period props that make the Commissary come alive.

            Hardin Farm Market will be smoking meats for lunch and the dutch ovens will be cooking up all manners of goodies so come hungry.

            The recently restored and refurbished Ashley-Alexander house directly across the bayou from the Settlement will be open for free tours from 12-3.  Brochures will be available at the Settlement.

            Exhibitors, participants and volunteers are needed.  Call (501) 351-0300 for more information.

            The event will run from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Admission: $3 adult, $1 ages 6 - 18, free under 6.

Click HERE for pictures from 2010 High Cotton. 

 Click HERE for pictures from 2012 High Cotton.