Activities take place at Hickory Hollow Nature Center from noon to 3 p.m. Watch pioneer demonstrations, including blacksmithing, tomahawk throwing and the operation of an oxen-powered 1850 haypress.

A haypress demonstration will be at 1 p.m. Visitors can meet Forest and Gump, the park’s short-horned oxen, who are trained to work the haypress.

Other activities will include a “primitive dunking booth,” and demonstrations of leather working, weaving, quilting and spinning. Visitors can also see a pioneer home, trapper’s shed and cooper shop.

There is no charge for this event.

All activities are dependent on weather and road conditions. Call in advance if road conditions are questionable or inclement weather is predicted.

The next living farmstead and haypress demonstration will be May 25-26.

O’Bannon Woods State Park (on.IN.gov/obannonwoodssp) is at 7234 Old Forest Road SW, Corydon, 47112.

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Media contact: Jarrett Manek, interpretive naturalist, O’Bannon Woods State Park, 812-738-8234.