Helpings of pancakes, western heritage and vintage baseball to be served at Frontier Day
The day starts early in tasty fashion with the Lions Clubs Pancake Breakfast at 7:30 am on East Avenue D in front of the officers quarters.
In case of unpleasant weather, the pancakes breakfast and some of the outside activities will be moved inside the fort's Stables Hall on Flipper Street as was done last year. Handicapped parking will be available at a special lot at Oakes Street and East Avenue D with a shuttle to take guests to the breakfast.
The event is free other than the breakfast. For $10 guests can enjoy pancakes, sausage, juice, coffee and milk. In addition to eating well, you will be supporting the Lions Clubs Charities. Tickets can be bought ahead of time from Lions Clubs members and will also be sold at the event.
While enjoying breakfast, guests can hear three bands near officers quarters 7 and 8. A little further down the road, the Concho Cowboy Company will perform a skit near Officers Quarters 3. At Officers Quarters 6, staff and volunteers will demonstrate pioneer cooking and baking.
Reflecting San Angelo's wool heritage, sheep shearing takes place on the Officers Quarters 9 porch with spinning demonstrations and displays. Officers Quarters 8 will host the Mexican House with crafts and children's activities.
Other displays and activities will include beekeeping, knife making, children's games, archaeology displays, San Angelo State Park, Fort Concho's 16th infantry, leather working and candle making.
On the Parade Ground, near the breakfast area, our vintage baseball team will host a game with area students. Chief Broken Eagle from Menard, TX, will have his tipi on Officers Row and will welcome all visitors.
The Concho Valley Telephone Pioneers Club will greet people at the Danner Telephone Museum at Officers Quarters 4. Native plants of the region will be on display at Officers Quarters 1, and the Cattle House will cover the area's beef industry at Officers Quarters 2.
While the event winds down by noon, the entire fort will remain open until 4 pm. Officers Quarters 3 and 4, the chapel, hospital, headquarters, barracks and Mess Hall 5 and Barracks 2 will remain open.
Be sure to check out the Buffalo Soldier displays and the postcards from San Angelo exhibit in our Barracks 1 Visitor Center where you can also buy some interesting and unique gifts for friends and relatives.
Fort Concho's Frontier Day dates to the 1970s and for years was a part of the community's week-long Fiesta del Concho event When Fiesta del Concho ended, the fort decided to continue its program.
The public is invited to come out and celebrate the San Angelo community's heritage Saturday at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, 630 S. Oakes St.
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