History lives at Dorris.Byline: The Register-Guard The sounds of a Civil War battlefield will echo over the Dorris Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. in Springfield this weekend as part of the farm's Living History Festival. On Saturday and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , an estimated 500 Civil War re-enactors will replay scenes from one of the deadliest times in U.S. history. Other festival interpreters will paint portraits of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, frontier trappers, Oregon pioneers, Kalapuya Indians, loggers, farmers and miners. Springfield's historic hazelnut operation also will host a Crafter's Alley alley an area in a cow barn identified by its particular purpose such as a loafing alley, a walking alley or feeding alley. , old-fashioned games, live period entertain- ment and Eugene Skinner's Trading Post trading post See post. . Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Battle re-enactments are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Admission at the gate is $8 for teens and adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 11; advance tickets are $2 less. Children younger than 5 will be admitted for free. Dorris Ranch is at 205 Dorris St. There will be no parking at the ranch. Free shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. buses will leave from three Springfield locations: 220 S. Second St., 200 West B St. and the corner of Sixth and South A streets. |
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