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Fur Trade Encampment at Riverside State Park

The fur-trade era of 1810-1812 will be reenacted in a Living History encampment next weekend at the Spokane House Interpretive Area of Riverside State Park. (Spokesman-Review)

LIVING HISTORY — Flint and steel firemaking, open-fire cooking, flintlock shooting and even a cannon salute  will generate smoke and cheers at Riverside State Park this weekend.

The annual Fur Trade Encampment will return the Spokane House Interpretive site to the 1810-1825 period when traders, voyageurs, trappers and Indians gathered to do business and celebrate.

The free event runs Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,features history buffs in period clothing demonstrating period skills.

See the Friends of the Spokane House website for details.

Also this weekend: David Thompson Brigade offers chance to ride in voyageur canoes along Columbia River. Check it out here.

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