A Native American artifacts show will be held Saturday, July 25 at the county complex auditorium from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. and you can enjoy something to eat while you’re there with proceeds to benefit the DeKalb Animal Coalition.
The food menu includes coffee, doughnuts, sausage and biscuits for breakfast and for lunch enjoy barbeque including Dr. Cripps’ homemade barbeque sauce, homemade pool room cole slaw, homemade baked beans, and homemade carrot cup cakes.
The artifacts show will feature displays ranging from arrow heads to pottery and some items will be available for sale or trade. “This will be the third or fourth year we’ve had it and it’s one of the bigger shows in this area and it’s growing each year,” said Mike Foster.
“We have about sixty people that have committed to come and display their artifacts. Some (artifacts) will be for sale and others won’t. Some (participants) will trade. Some will buy. There’s a lot of people in this area who collect artifacts. One guy is planning to bring about 60 pieces of pottery which you don’t see a lot of here. There will be flint, beads, and about anything else you can think of including some trade goods that Europeans traded to Native Americans. It’s really enjoyable for people who like history or artifacts,” Foster continued.
“It’s open to the public and it’s free. You’ll see some really good collections. I know there will be three or four from DeKalb County. Byron McDonald, who has a lot of super DeKalb and Smith County artifacts that are museum quality will be here. Ben (Franklin) and I will have our stuff there, which may not be museum quality but are pretty good collections. And there will be others from here like Stevie Dedmon and Mike Henry who have a lot of DeKalb County (artifacts) and not necessarily all DeKalb County but Caney Fork and Cumberland River stuff,” said Foster.
You are also urged to support the DeKalb Animal Coalition. “They are going to use this as a fund raiser and hopefully annually too. They will be in the kitchen and cafeteria offering food for breakfast and lunch. We’d like to ask people who are coming to the show to come and support that (DeKalb Animal Coalition Fundraiser),” Foster concluded.
The show is sponsored by the Volunteer State Archaeological Society, a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of prehistoric America. This society is one of the largest of the independent state societies affiliated with Central States Archaeological Societies.
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