Hard Bargain: The Cherokee Prepare for War

The 18th Century comes alive at the Colonial Trade Faire in Fort Loudoun State Park. Featuring British soldiers and French soldiers, Creek Indians and Cherokee Indians, Magicians and Musicians, and even a Sword Swallower, this is the biggest event of the year at the Fort.

Our own Ken Smith will be involved in the festivities as his painting, Hard Bargain: The Cherokee Prepare for War, 1758, will be unveiled Saturday, September 6, 2008. It can be viewed starting at 10AM and will remain at the park’s Visitor Center after the Trade Faire is concluded. Limited edition prints of Hard Bargain will also be available for purchase at this time, as well as prints from the previous years. Ken will be on hand to personally sign prints on both Saturday and Sunday of the Trade Faire.

For more information about Fort Loudoun’s Colonial Trade Faire or to purchase prints, call Angie King at Fort Loudoun State Historic Area (432-884-6217), or to see more of Smith’s work, visit www.kensmithhistoricalart.com.