Step back in time and experience daily life in the 1800s through hands on activities such as laundry, candle making, ice cream churning, rug cleaning, and other household chores early settlers completed each day. Participants will also explore Native American life by learning traditional skills, games, foods, and crafts, while gaining a deeper understanding of the region’s first inhabitants. The experience concludes with authentic one room schoolhouse lessons using quill pens, McGuffey Readers, and slate boards, along with opportunities to try fiber production and weaving in the historic farmhouse.

Discover the importance of early fiber production through an immersive hands on experience exploring traditional textile arts and crafts. Participants will use historic tools and techniques to create handmade items to take home while learning skills such as weaving on floor and table looms, spinning, dyeing, crocheting, braided rug making, and embroidery. The program also features demonstrations by skilled fiber craftspeople who bring these historic practices to life.

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026

Time: 10:00 am-5:00 pm

Location: Sauder Village, 22611 State Rt. 2, Archbold, OH 43502

Who: Educators, Administrators, history lovers, Wolcott volunteers

Educators earn 6 contact hours

Cost: $65 - Cost includes admission fees, and lunch at the Barn Restaurant

This program enriches participants understanding of the settlement and development of the Great Black Swamp through engaging living history demonstrations and exhibits that highlight the role of community in shaping Ohio’s early growth. Participants explore the evolution of American science, technology, and innovation while investigating topics aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards in ways that support knowledge acquisition and retention. Through these experiences, students are encouraged to think creatively and critically, solve problems, and make meaningful connections between the past and their own lives .A gentle pause from the pace of everyday life. The Reset Retreat is designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and return to yourself, through guided experiences, restorative space, and time to simply be.