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— Tim Drake is an entomologist by day, but he says his other passion is hewing logs to restore old houses.“There are a lot of 18th- and early 19th-century log houses in this area,” the Clemson professor said. “Most are hidden inside farmhouses. They would add on rooms.”
The secrets of early settler construction are among the topics children ages 8 to 11 will get a chance to explore during the Pendleton Historic Foundation’s first history camp June 24 at Ashtabula Historic House.
Clemson plant physiologist Karen Hall will also teach campers how to make and apply indigo dye to cotton, and retired Clemson packaging science professor Libby Hoyle will teach them how to churn butter and bake bread.
The camp aims to spark an interest in history, foundation executive director Les McCall said, while giving children a close-up look at how settlers cleverly used materials on hand to make life work.
“We want them to get their hands into stuff,” McCall said. “It’s to learn both how life was before modern conveniences but also how it could be fun.”