Dead River Historical Society free ice cream social is Sept. 1

STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 1, with an ice cream social beginning at 1 p.m.
The ice cream social will include brownia a la mode, made and served by the society’s volunteers, and singer Charlie Bruce will entertain. Bruce, of Stratton, sings oldies by Ernest Tubbs, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, John Denver, Jud Strun, and also takes requests.
The event, including ice cream, is free and open to the public. Vendors are also welcome free of charge to set up their tents and sell their goods.
The Dead River Area Historical Society is open every weekend throughout July and August from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and by advance appointment year-round. Displays include a collection of old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.
For more information, call 207-246-2271.