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Williams Station Day
Saturday, October 25, 2008
 
 
 October 25th, that's the date to be in Atmore, Alabama as residents turn back their clocks to 1866 when their community was named Williams Station - just a supply stop along the Mobile & Great Northern railroad.  It was a simpler time, when life revolved around the railroads and folks marked time by the sound of the steam engines chugging through town or the whistle of the local lumber mill. We hope you'll join us in Atmore for this regional festival that promises a fun day of family entertainment.   An easy one hour drive from Mobile, Pensacola and Baldwin County, Williams Station Day is packed with great venues to fit every taste.  For the young and young at heart we offer an old fashioned sampling of southern heritage seasoned with the blues, atrs and crafts, cane milling and railroad memorabilia.  Join us!
     


ARTS AND CRAFTS
Historic Pensacola Avenue is the setting for two seperate art shows, both fine arts and crafts.  Step up close and observe the trades and traditions of your ancestors as artisans demonstrate.  Pottery, fine art, primitive art,  painted gourds, soap making, birdhouses, baskets, and jewerly . . .  Williams Station Day is a great place to purchase those early Christmas gifts.

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ENTERTAINMENT
  COMING SOON

CELEBRATING OUR PAST
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What would a fall heritage event be without an old time Cane Mill? Montgomery will be squeezing cane and real cane syrup will be available at Kyser Kountry Store. Or, visit Young Life's Pumpkin Patch for a pumpkin for carving.  Children of all ages will enjoy the Model Train Show located inside the YMCA building or catch the Goatman hayride which will take you down to the railroad crossing for a tour of a real locomotive.



FESTIVE FOOD
There will be lots of choices from many vendors on the street!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
Patron of the Arts Party

 SATURDAY
 * Art and Craft Shows
* Storytelling Tent
 * Entertainment on the Center Stage
* Old Time Fiddlers' Tent
* Model Train Show
* Remembering Atmore Photography Contest
 * Old Time Cane Mill
* AL Gulfcoast Railroad Static Train
 * Poarch Creek Indian Cultural Display
* Rotary Club Goatman Hayride
* Williams Station Train Ride
 * Pumpkin Painting & Carving Contest
* Great Festival Food

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Williams Station Day 2008
Organized and Coordinated by:

Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce
501 South Pensacola Avenue
Atmore, AL  36502

For more information contact:
Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce
(251) 368-3305
  atmoreal@frontiernet.net
www.atmorechamber.com

  Williams Station Day 2008 Sponsors
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Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce
501 South Pensacola Avenue
Atmore, Alabama  36502
Phone: (251) 368-3305 | Fax: (251) 368-0800

atmoreal@frontiernet.net

 
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