Summer camps at the American West Heritage Center come to an end

Brenda Pound teaches participants how to spin wool at the Little House in the Valley, Day Camp at the American West Center, Wednesday morning, Aug. 1.

Summer camps are coming to an end at the American West Heritage Center this week and by all accounts it was a good season.

Wendy King, who works at the Center, said it was a very successful season. “Almost every camp was full and we even had to add a couple because of the demand,” she said.

College student, Joshua Camp, spent his summer as a camp leader teaching elementary school students pioneer skills.

On his last week, Camp taught his kids what life was like for pioneers in the Little House on the Valley Day Camp. The college senior in American Studies helped participants learn what life was like as an early settler in Cache Valley.

“We are teaching them about Pioneer activities,” Camp said. “We started with wood working and cabin building after they pulled a handcart for a while. Today, we have been working on some looming, and some spinning and some weaving, teaching them how clothing would be made from sheep’s wool.”

Other summer camps coming to an end at the center were: In the Life on the Farm Camp (where students gathered eggs, milked cows and rode ponies), Fishing Camp (gave participants a opportunity to learn to how to fish on the Center’s ponds), and Hot Shots (a camp where kids could experience shooting BB guns, bows and arrows and throwing tomahawks).

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