Students can learn about 19th century life at the Home School Days event in Arrow Rock on Wednesday, May 21. Sponsored by the Friends of Arrow Rock and the Arrow Rock State Historic Site, the event will run from 9 a.m. to noon and is open to home-school families.

Students and accompanying adults will learn about daily activities of the inhabitants of the Boonslick area, where Arrow Rock was founded in 1829. The students will rotate through six stations, including some that provide hands-on experiences.

These stations will include Indian flint tools and flintknapping, a demonstration of loading and firing a flintlock rifle, a visit to the 1834 Huston Store, making marbles and candles, and tours of the 1875 John P. Sites Gun Shop and 1875 Victorian Sites home.

For the rest of the story, see the Monday, May 12 print edition of the BDN.