WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Have you ever ever imagined what it was wish to reside within the 1840s? Yearly, greater than 1,000 folks participate within the Alafia River Rendezvous and do exactly that.
Greg and Kimberly Beisler residing like Floridians within the 1840s.
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Florida’s Frontiersmen Membership
The backstory:
There isn’t any electrical energy and no automobiles. For a number of days, members of the Florida Frontiersmen Membership reside life prefer it was within the 1840s as a technique to increase consciousness and assist Florida’s historical past.
Each January, Greg and Kimberly Beisler depart their trendy life behind and, for a number of days, reside as folks did in 1840.
Greg and Kimberly Beisler residing like Floridians within the 1840s.
“Think about having to go get your individual water. We do not have water right here. We do not have electrical energy right here,” Kimberly Beisler stated.
Dig deeper:
They’re simply two of the greater than 1,000 participating on this 12 months’s Alafia River Rendezvous.
“You do not notice what a rat race your life is these days till you are doing one thing like this,” Kimberly Beisler stated.
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It is a yearly occasion in January placed on by the Florida Frontiersmen Membership to lift consciousness about Florida’s historical past.
Kimberly Beisler residing like Floridians within the 1840s.
“You are having to bodily work tougher to offer for your self and to cook dinner and to get wooden for warmth,” Kimberly Beisler stated.
2025 Alafia River Rendezvous
What’s subsequent:
From January 15-25, members reside life simply because it was in 1840, from constructing fires to cooking in a forged iron skillet. They’ll carry meals and clothes, however each different side is not any totally different from the way it was within the 1840s.
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“It is tougher, however easier. You do not have the psychological drain,” Kimberly Beisler stated.
The encampment is situated in Homeland off US 17 between Bartow and Fort Meade.
Kimberly Beisler says she hopes the expertise encourages folks to study extra about Florida’s historical past and recognize those that helped make Florida what it’s as we speak.
“I’ve a really deep appreciation for the those who have lived like this as a result of they they needed to endure all the things,” Kimberly Beisler stated. “Harsh climate if it in the event that they did not go get meals for themselves, they starved.”
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Customer Days occur on Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25, when the encampment opens as much as the general public.
Open to the general public
Anybody can come to participate within the actions and study in regards to the lifestyle within the 1840s. For extra data, click on right here.
The Supply: FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen collected the data on this story courtesy of Kimberly and Greg Beisler.
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