Celebrating the Swiss Heritage
Saturday July 31, 2010
10:00am - 4:00pm
Stocker-Stampfli Farm Museum
Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee

Schedule of Events

10am	Celebration Opens Announcements by President House open for tours Vendors open Membership desk and Souvenir booth open
10:15am	'Die Musik Meisters' band starts entertainment at band stand
11:30am & 1:00pm	Demonstrations of draft animals and life in both the old country and the new. We are running the demonstrations "conference style" this year in hopes that everyone can "take in" both the Grady's oxen team and the Bernese Mt dogs. Attend one in the first time slot then the other in the second. These sessions will provide a window into Swiss life in the mid 1800s. See details below.
11:30am & 1:00pm	Oxen team demonstration and history by Grady Partain. Oxen were an important componment of life in the early colony. Colony records indicate many of the Swiss used oxen for draft animals. Grady will demonstrate yoking, unyoking and pulling of carts or logs, as well as a history of the animal and how it differs from working mules or horses. This year the animals weigh over one ton each! We are running the demonstrations "conference style" this year in hopes that everyone can take in both the Grady's oxen team and the Bernese Mt dogs. Attend one in the first time slot then the other in the second. Hayrides behind house and barn tours Tours of Cheese house and outer buildings
11:30am & 1:00pm	Bernese Mountain Dog demonstration and history by Chattahoochee Valley Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Atlanta. www.cvbmdc.org Bernese Mountain Dogs were working dogs for generations in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. Traditionally, Bernese hauled dairy products, such as milk and cream, from the farms to the dairy. Members of the Chattahoochee Valley Bernese Mountain Dog club will demonstrate how the dogs worked on the farms by having them pulling carts (aka drafting). Hayrides behind house and barn tours Tours of Cheese house and outer buildings German tap beer on sale at concession stand (Limited to persons over 21 and as supply lasts).
12pm	Introduction of distinguished guests and welcoming comments at the band stand Address by Swiss Consulate representative at the band stand Historian Clopper Almon available for book signing - "The Swiss Colony at Gruelti" written in the 30s by Frances Helen Jackson. Mr. Almon has spent years updating, adding maps and indexing this valuable resource
12:30-1pm	'Die Musik Meisters' band
1-2pm	Dutch Oven cobbler behind old house Tasting and Sampling Swiss Wine and Cheese at concession stand American Cheese Tasting Home Made Wines Second demonstration of Bernese Mt dogs and oxen
1:45-3:30pm	'Die Musik Meisters' band
3:45pm	Closing remarks
4pm	Gates close

Activities

Mountain cheese sampling
Hay rides
Oxen team demonstration
Bernese Mountain Dog demonstrations
Primitive Farm Skills demonstrations
Historic displays by Grundy County Swiss Historical Society
Storytelling
Arts and Crafts vendors with locally made items

Gate Fees

$5.00 per person; Children under 12 free.

Concessions

Various venders provide all different kinds of food, including brats, kraut, BBQ, sandwiches, Swiss Chocolate, Swiss Cheese, local wines and beer.

Tours

The farm and all of its out buildings will be open for touring.

Directions to the Stocker-Stampfli Homestead & Farm Museum

From I-24 in Monteagle, take Hwy 41 to Hwy 56 North

Follow Hwy 56 North through Tracy City and Coalmont

Turn right onto Hwy 108 East to Gruetli-Laager

Turn left onto 20th Avenue at the Old Post Office (There will be a large sign over the highway)

At the Swiss Colony Cemetery sign, turn right and travel past the cemetery to the Stoker/Stampfli Farm Museum

You can also click the following link to bring you in from any direction. Just click link which will open a map to the farm. For step-by-step directions click "Get Directions" in upper left under Google Maps, then type your address in the "A" field and hit enter. This will give detailed directions from your location to the celebration.
Stocker-Stampfli Homestead - Gruetli-Laager, TN

If you have any questions, please e-mail info@swisshistoricalsociety.org

Grundy County Swiss Historical Society
c/o President
3054 SR 399
Palmer, TN 37365