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Join Park Ranger Taylor Moorefield for a demonstration of how to make charcloth, a vital piece of kit for your flint & steel fire kit! Charcloth is quick and easy to make and was a very common material on the 18th century frontier. However, like many traditional skills, it is rarely practiced today. Each participant can take a piece of charcloth home. Watch the process of pyrolysis and see firsthand what makes charcloth so useful for a variety of fire-starting methods. Meet in the Longhunter camp, located in the pine grove next to Fort Watauga’s amphitheater seats. Subject to cancelation in the event of inclement weather.
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