Christmas at Fort Parker has lots of vendors, variety of food and most of the people selling are dressed up in costumes. There’s even an outdoor shooting range and you can watch artisans practicing some of the old western skills like blacksmsithing. There were wagon rides and a visitor center with information for those interested in history – and of course, there’s tons of good food to eat and lots of fun souvenirs to buy.

We took these pictures at the Fort on our last trip just to give you an idea of what’s there. It was a lot of fun – but I can’t imagine having to live in such primitive conditions.