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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Release
Date: Immediate<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Event
Date: September 3, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Contact:
Pickens County Museum at 864.898.5963<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The
History of the 18<sup>th</sup> Century Long Hunter Frontiersman <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Scott
Alexander to present September 3rd program at the Pickens County Museum <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> The public is invited
to a free presentation on “<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The 18<sup>th</sup>
Century Long Hunter Frontiersman of this Area</span></b>”. Presented by <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Scott Alexander </span></b>on Thursday, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>September 3,</span></b> 2009 from <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>6:00 - 7:00 p.m</span></b>., the program will be in
the LaVonne Nalley Piper Auditorium at the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pickens
County Museum of Art & History</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> A Longhunter
(or long hunter) was an eighteenth century <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer" title=Explorer><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>explorer</span></font></a> and <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter" title=Hunter><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>hunter</span></font></a> who made
expeditions into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"
title="United States"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>American</span></font></a> frontier wilderness for as
much as six months at a time. </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>By the 1750’s the depletion of
big game in many areas forced hunters to cross the mountains to places like
Tennessee and Kentucky on long hunts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Over the years
Hollywood had portrayed all American frontiersmen as mountain men and the
important but subtle difference between the cultures has been forgotten. Scott
Alexander, Site Manager at Oconee Station State Historic Site, will help sort
out some of these differences. Oconee Station served as a frontier border post
during the 1790’s. It was garrisoned by SC State Militia who was
recruited from the ranks of professional hunters. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> The long hunter lived
on the edge of civilization; he was often a family man and sometimes a farmer.
The mountain man lived in the wilderness and depended on traders to get his
goods to market. Scott, who will be dressed as a long hunter, will emphasis
that the long hunter was clad in cloth (wool or linen) and carried a flintlock;
while the mountain man wore clothes made from animal skins and carried a more
advanced percussion cap rifle.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> This program is part of
the museum’s continuing effort to provide a variety of entertaining and
educational programming for the community. The Pickens County Museum of Art
& History is funded in part by Pickens County, members and friends of the
museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives
support from the National Endowment for the Arts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Located at the corner
of Hwy. 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens SC, the museum is open Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 9:00 a.m.
until 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission is free
but donations are welcomed. For more information call the museum at (864)
898-5963.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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