Spring Bake Day, Fort Gibson Historic Site

Fort Gibson Historic Site and the Friends of Fort Gibson will host Bake Day on Saturday, March 26, beginning at 10 a.m. Bake Day is a fundraiser and educational event that depicts one aspect of army life during and after the Civil War. The aroma of fresh baked bread will fill the air on Garrison Hill as Fort Gibson staff and volunteers bring a bakehouse to life. This living history presentation details the bread making process, with Rory Montgomery explaining how to bake bread in an old wood-fired stone oven. Guests can enjoy bread baking demonstrations and sample the finished product. Children can attempt to make “shake ’em up” butter. Visitors also may bring their own bread to bake in the wood-fired oven at Fort Gibson, then spend the day viewing a reconstruction of the early log fort as well as original buildings from the 1840s through 1870s.

Exhibits detailing the history of the fort are located in the Commissary Visitor Center on Garrison Hill. For more information please call 918-478-4088 or email oreed@okhistory.org. Fort Gibson, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 907 N. Garrison in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.