Sodbuster Museum Kids’ Camp comes to a close while making history

Marcella Schulte taught the campers of the Strome Museum Kids’ camp about food preservation and how there were no freezers or fridges. Here she demonstrates how cabbage was made into sauerkraut using the big crock.

What happens when you put kids and seniors into the same setting? Well, this past week at the Sodbuster Museum in Strome, we were able to answer that question with our second Annual Museum Kid’s Camp.

It was all about our kids digging into the past, while shaping their future.
Monday morning found us walking through the military display at the museum with Mr. Ron Williams as our museum guide.

The children were surprised to see the actual uniforms of past Strome citizens who had served in the Canadian military. We also heard stories of heroic Canadians like Laura Secord and General Sir Isaac Brock.

After many questions, we headed out to set up our military base for the rest of the morning.

Our morning snack consisted of a ration pack, slough water, with a few tadpoles, and of course Laura Secord chocolates.

In preparation for inspection the next morning, we all learned how to sew on a button. The campers thoroughly enjoyed the sewing lesson and asked if we could have a kids’ sewing club this winter.

The morning ended with some formation marching and boot camp exercises.

Marcella Schulte explains to the camp goers how she’d spend countless hours picking berries for jam and everyone had a garden, which they depended on for food. Some of the campers couldn’t imagine not having a fridge or no sugar.

On Tuesday, we started out at the Museum with Mr. Williams walking us through the museum transportation displays. After loading up our wagon, we headed over to the east side of town where the machinery is displayed to meet up with Mr. Pete Curtis.

Mr. Curtis shared his road building experiences with us. He had a very interesting photo album filled with historic photos of the many roads he helped to build throughout the province.

He then walked us over to a piece of road building equipment that was on display and explained to us how it actually worked.

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Story submitted. Photos by Jae Robbins.