Annual Homesteader Day

Aug
30

Every year, the park hosts the Homesteader Day Harvest Festival on the Sunday after Labor Day. The event attracts thousands of visitors of all ages who want a taste of homestead life and living history. The free event typically features fiddlers, pioneer crafts, living history and old-time farming demonstrations. Activities include threshing, old-time farming, antique tractors and equipment displays, pioneer crafts such as quilting, spinning, broom making, candle dipping, rope making, butter churning, tatting and more.

Dates, Location & Info

Date
Aug 30
Admission
Free State Park entrance license required.
Address
Beaver Creek Nature Area
Phone
605-594-3824
Email
[email protected]
Website
gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/beaver-creek

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