Mims 198^th Anniversary Weekend is history.

Tensaw over the course of Saturday and Sunday to commemorate the

anniversary of the Battle of Fort Mims that pitted Native Americans

against settlers.

30, 1813, battle included entertainment provided by Buffalo Woman

and Kracker Dan, speakers detailing events surrounding the early

19^th century battle, a tomahawk throw, period displays,

a period church service and re-enactments of the battle and its

one-month predecessor, the Battle of Burnt Corn.

wares was Bay Minette resident Scarlett Weatherford and her family,

who donned period dress and showed visitors jars of jam or

“emosostake.”

people aware of the history in Baldwin County,” Weatherford said at

the event.

Anderson of Hattiesburg, Miss., who was accompanied by his wife,

their three children and two of their children’s friends. Anderson

explained his motivation of attending the event each year since

before the turn of the millennium.

of the United States began,” he said, explaining that the battle

ultimately led to the trail of tears.

$9,000 for improvements to Fort Mims, said event coordinator

Claudia Campbell.

was a good crowd,” she said after the event.

presented funds for nine logs to be added to a project to add a

blockhouse to the site.