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Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp (FULL)
11/14/2009
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to learn about the life and times of women at Camp Floyd. The Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp teaches everyday activities completed by women of Camp Floyd. Participants will wear a period dress, meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, learn etiquette of the period, construct a rag doll, learn a period dance, and more.

Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp
12/05/2009
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to learn about the life and times of women at Camp Floyd. The Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp teaches everyday activities completed by women of Camp Floyd. Participants will wear a period dress, meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, learn etiquette of the period, construct a rag doll, learn a period dance, and more.

Gift Shop Christmas
12/07/2009 - 12/12/2009
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

From Monday, December 7, 2009, until Saturday, December 12, 2009, the Camp Floyd State Park gift shop will be offering a discount of twenty-five percent on all purchases. There are bonnets, kepis, historic games, and cap guns for children or children at heart. Stamp and coin sets for collectors. Plus, over forty titles to choose from on topics ranging from cooking, to ghost towns, to the Civil War. There is something for everyone!

Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp
01/02/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to learn about the life and times of women at Camp Floyd. The Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp teaches everyday activities completed by women of Camp Floyd. Participants will wear a period dress, meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, learn etiquette of the period, construct a rag doll, learn a period dance, and more.

Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp
01/16/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to learn about the life and times of women at Camp Floyd. The Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp teaches everyday activities completed by women of Camp Floyd. Participants will wear a period dress, meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, learn etiquette of the period, construct a rag doll, learn a period dance, and more.

Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp
02/06/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to learn about the life and times of women at Camp Floyd. The Ladies of Camp Floyd Day Camp teaches everyday activities completed by women of Camp Floyd. Participants will wear a period dress, meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, learn etiquette of the period, construct a rag doll, learn a period dance, and more.

Valentine Ball
02/13/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Take a step back in time to the 19th century with a social gathering at Camp Floyd State Park.  Held in the historic Fairfield Schoolhouse, participants will dance, relax and have fun evening with other couples. The event will be held Saturday, February 13,

Geocache Adventure
03/27/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt using a global positioning satellite (GPS) unit. Camp Floyd State Park is hosting a geocache treasure hunt using historical sites located within in the park. The event will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Visitors who complete the treasure hunt will be awarded with a special prize, while supplies last. Hamburgers, chips and drinks will be available during lunch hours.

School Group Field Trips
03/30/2010 - 04/30/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Hear a first-hand account of life in Johnston's Army, view cannon and musket fire, experience the life of a soldier by marching, drilling, making candles and adobe bricks; play Pony Express games, experience class in a 19th century schoolhouse, view the Stagecoach Inn and Camp Floyd Commissary. Reservations required, minimum group size, 75.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
04/16/2010 - 04/17/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
04/23/2010 - 04/24/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
04/30/2010 - 05/01/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

School Group Field Trips
05/04/2010 - 05/28/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Hear a first-hand account of life in Johnston's Army, view cannon and musket fire, experience the life of a soldier by marching, drilling, making candles and adobe bricks; play Pony Express games, experience class in a 19th century schoolhouse, view the Stagecoach Inn and Camp Floyd Commissary. Reservations required, minimum group size, 75.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
05/07/2010 - 05/08/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
05/14/2010 - 05/15/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
05/21/2010 - 05/22/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

Civil War Encampment
05/29/2010 - 05/31/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Camp Floyd State Park in conjunction with the Utah Territorial Civilian Commission and Utah Civil War Association are hosting a Civil War Era Encampment on Memorial Day Weekend, May 29 and 31, 2010 at Camp Floyd State Park. The event will allow visitors to experience camp life and participate in several activities performed by soldiers of Johnston's Army. Events include reenactments, encampments, storytelling, stagecoach rides (12pm - 2pm on the 6th), firearm and cannon demonstrations, marches, drills, 1861 period games, and photos in period uniform.

School Group Field Trips
06/01/2010 - 06/30/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Hear a first-hand account of life in Johnston's Army, view cannon and musket fire, experience the life of a soldier by marching, drilling, making candles and adobe bricks; play Pony Express games, experience class in a 19th century schoolhouse, view the Stagecoach Inn and Camp Floyd Commissary. Reservations required, minimum group size, 75.

History Camp for Kids
06/08/2010 - 06/10/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Camp Floyd History Camps for kids are a fun-filled educational experience about how soldiers lived at Camp Floyd in 1861, and how the Utah War served pre-Civil War objectives. Campers will meet costumed interpreters, play 19th Century games, drill, march and set up a soldier's camp, fire an 1860's period firearm, make and take home soldier craft activities. Other activities include conducting a full-scale military exercise; and observing muskets and a cannon fired.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp
06/18/2010 - 06/19/2010
Location: Camp Floyd State Park

Reservations begin January 2, 2010.

Johnston's Army Adventure Camp is designed for Boy Scouts and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Scouts travel back in time to 1858 - 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory. New recruits are processed, mustered into the army and issued uniforms. As a new enlisted private, scouts will shoulder their musket, and march off to a new adventure! Leaving modern possessions behind, the call of bugles and officers' commands will replace the daily routine of 21st century life.

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