OLIVE HILL, Ky., — Carter Caves State Resort Park, Olive Hill, Ky., is hosting Pioneer Life Week through Saturday, July 25

You can experience what Kentucky was like more than 200 years ago during Pioneer Life Week at Carter Caves State Resort Park near Olive Hill from July 19-25. This annual event allows visitors to see how pioneers and Native Americans lived. Most events are free to the public.

The pioneer encampment near the park campground is open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 25.

 Some of the programs include tomahawk throwing, black powder rifle demonstrations, flint knapping, spinning and weaving demonstrations, atlatl demonstrations, and pioneer clothing interpretation.

Evening programs will include Pickin at the Caves on Monday night; L. Henry Dowell will be portraying the frontier surgeon “Dr. Ephraim McDowell” during a Kentucky Chautauqua program on Wednesday night, frontier stories by the fire at the campground on Thursday night and a dance at the shelter house at the campground on Friday night. Country Fair Day will be Saturday, July 24, featuring old farm tools and machinery, woodcarving, seed spitting, flint knapping, pottery making, flute music, a pie auction and more. A free ice cream social will be at 4 p.m.

Carter Caves also offers cave tours, canoe trips, hiking, golf, mini-golf, fishing, camping, horseback riding and swimming. Carter Caves also has a lodge and restaurant. During the week, the restaurant will have a Buffalo Buffet including Buffalo Ribs and Roast on Thursday July 22.

For more information, call the park at 1-800-325-0059 or 1-606-286-4411.

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