The wind blew smoke from the campfire as the frontier soldiers tended their pots and kettles.

One of the men held out a metal plate to 6-year-old Darbie Neuman and asked if she wanted some beans. The girl handed her mother a hand-dipped chocolate pretzel from the prairie candy shop so she could try a bite at the Holiday on the Homestead event Saturday at The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.

 

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