Barberville Pioneer Settlement

This past spring we passed Barberville Pioneer Settlement on the way to a state park. Once settled in our site, I checked for information and found the times and days they opened to the public. On the way home, we made time to stop, and we are both glad we did.

Barberville Pioneer Settlement features a look at old Florida of the late 19th and early 20th century. Locally and regionally significant buildings were moved to the site, creating a snapshot of a small town of long ago. We took the self-guided tour, speaking to many of the costumed interpreters showing various skills once necessary to produce the items needed in everyday life, before a trip to the store accomplished the same. We did stop at the store/gift shop and purchased some of the items made by the volunteers when demonstrating their skills for visitors and school children, including a woven rug that sits just inside our sliding glass door at home.

We only had an hour or two for a visit, next time I would allow longer just so we could really look and linger.

Naturally we took photographs. Karl visualized this one in black and white before he shot, and it now graces our home gallery.