Walk Back In Time
September 27th – 28th 2025
Schedule of Events
Friday, Sept. 26th
8:30am – 1pm: Education Day for 5th grade students – reservations required. Sponsored by Consolidated Electric and MACC
4:30pm – 7:30pm: Fish/Chicken Fry, tickets $15.00 per person. Sponsored by Commerce Bank and Dagwoods, Jr.
5:30pm – 7:30pm: Live music and Dennis Crider and his photographic mastery (Country Church)
Saturday, Sept. 27th
10:00am – Flag Raising – Ceremony by MMA Color Guard – (Old West Tent in the U Drive)
10:30am – Cowboy Rick’s Stagecoach Adventures (Country Church)
– Dave Heirborn Traditional String Bank (Courtyard)
11:00am – Dennis Crider’s Acclaimed Western Photography (Country Church)
11:30am – Missouri State Historical Society’s, Sean Rost, 19th Century Missourians and Washington’s Legacy (Country Church)
– Francis Scott Key’s, songs of an American Poet and Patriot (Courtyard)
– Br. J. and Suzette: Ida B Wells, Frederick Douglas, true “Cultural Pioneers” (Udrive)
11:45am – Guided tour of Historic Simmons’ Stables (701 West Boulevard)
12:00pm – Paula Zalar, Death Traditions and the American Soul (Country Church)
– The Echos Band – “100 years of the American Song Book” (Courtyard)
– Colonel Hank Matlosz, “Columbus and the Great Food Exchange” (Udrive)
1:00pm – Tim Sherrer, US Army’s Pigeon Corps WW II (County Church)
– Denise Grow “The Orphan Trains 1850-1930” (Udrive)
1:30pm – Grant Takes Command (Udrive)
– Jac. Theis High Society “Language of Long Ago” (Udrive)
– Dave’s Brass Brothers Jazz Band (Courtyard and around the camps)
2:00pm – Scott’s Church Songs & Early Jazz (Country Church)
– John Caulifer, “Salt River Johnny, Combat for Supremacy” (Udrive)
2:30pm – Weapons of the Old West presented by the S.Fork Regulators (Courtyard)
– Bass Reeves, 1st Black US Marshall West of the Mississippi, portrayed by WT Johnson(Udrive)
– The Model A Convoy from the Model A Restorers Club (parade on the Battlefield)
3:20pm – WWII Activities on the Battlefield preceded by the Model As (parade on the Battlefield)
7:30pm – 8:45pm – Saturday Night in the Gazebo, “Ballads & Legends” Blues, Folk, Wild Tales, and more
9:00pm – Grand Finale, Cowboys of the Open Range
Sunday, Sept. 28th
10:00am – Service with Brook, Kathy, Joe, Joanie and the Faithful (Country Church)
11:00am – The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (Courtyard)
11:30am – The Bratten School of Irish Folk Dancers + The Legend of “Red Beard, The Demon from Dublin” (Courtyard)
– Bass Reeves, 1st Black US Marshall West of the Mississippi, portrayed by WT Johnson (Udrive)
12:00pm – Denise Grow and The Orphan Trains 1850- 1930(U drive)
12:30pm – Tim Sherrer, The Great Wooldridge Fire (Country Church)
1:30pm – Fire Power Demonstration; a historical chronology
2:00pm – Missouri Military Academy Battalion Review in Honor of America’s Veterans
2:30pm – Janet’s Dancers: The Fabulous 50s and the Legendary Hoe-Down