|‘Life in 1810’ is topic of program offered at County Museum on
September 8| |Written by George Browning| |Tuesday, 04 September
2012 00:00| A veteran speaker and re-enactor will bring to life
one of his favorite topics, “Pioneer Life in 1810,” at the Scott
County Heritage Center and Museum on Saturday, September 8. The
free event at 2 p.m. that day is offered as part of Pigeon Roost
Remembered Day, an observance of the 200th anniversary of the
Pigeon Roost Massacre in which 24 men, women and children were
killed by Indians on September 3, 1812. Kevin Stonerock has
brought history to life for thousands of children, young people
and adults. His living history program will be performed in
authentic period clothing in the first-person style. His
“Hoosier pioneer” is a character compiled from several different
historical accounts of the period from 1770 to 1810. It centers
around the life of Andrew Amonett, a frontiersman of the Indiana
Territory. Complete with tall tales, Stonerock’s presentation
deals with vari