A rake made by Larry Ridge.
A. B. McRee works on a wooden spoon.
Dave Sheppard creates an animal using a wood chisel.
One of Dave Sheppard’s toys.
Larry Ridge demonstrates a food pedal lathe at Horsin’ Around in Soddy-Daisy. Ridge will be demonstrating his skills at Pioneers Days.
Larry Ridge demonstrates a food pedal lathe. A. B. McRee works on a wooden spoon.IF YOU GO* What: Pioneers Days* When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 31.* Where: Poe’s Tavern, 9835 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy.* Admission: Free.
Poe’s Tavern, originally built in what would be called Poe’s Crossing (eventually Daisy and later Soddy-Daisy), has been an important landmark in the area for almost 200 years.
On May 31, crafters will gather on the tavern lawn for the first Pioneers Days, a celebration of the history of the tavern, the area and the time when things were made by hand.
Organizer Bud Ellis says the event is not designed to be a craft fair, as such, with vendors selling their wares, but as a demonstration of how things were done.
“The crafters are not there to sell,” he says. “They are there to show people how to make things when they have nothing.”