Heritage Days 2018

Ben Matthews

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Cape Girardeau Heritage Days was held Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Cape Girardeau with interactive, educational demonstrations and exhibits at the Red House Interpretive Center and the Cape Girardeau River Heritage Museum.

Anne Hutson, right, dresses Aiden McLean, 8, in a 17th century military outfit during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Sofia Tracy, 5, right, holds an apple as her blindfolded sister, Vivian, 7, bobs at Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, on the lawn of the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kayden Koehler rearranges furs from a mountain lion and a bobcat during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Flint knapper of 58 years, "Arrowhead" Fred Bollinger of Scott City works under a canopy during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Erik Koehler, left, uses a horn to pour a gunpowder charge during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Erik Koehler, center left, guides Logan Niedbalski in firing a flint lock dueling pistol during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Hatchets and knives sit on a hay bale at a throwing station during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Don Keohler watches his great-grandson Jude, 7, throw a knife during Cape Girardeau Heritage Days on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at the Red House Interpretive Center. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)