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Sat., Sep. 17, 11am-5pm & Sun., Sep. 18, 12-5pm
921 School Street, Lisle, IL 60532
630-968-0499
Click here to download 2011 Depot Days Brochure!
Experience the roots and early history of Lisle at the Museums at Lisle Station
Park!
Depot Days features food, entertainment, family fun and more! Enjoy
blacksmithing demonstrations, grind corn, sample some old-fashioned homemade
apple pie and see for yourself what life was like almost 100 years ago. All ages
welcome!
Admission is FREE and this event is designed for the whole family!
Popular Attractions!
• Miller’s Petting Zoo
• Tour our historic Depot Museum, Beaubien Tavern and Netzley Yender House
• Visit our working Blacksmith Shop
• Lisle Pioneer Cemetery tours
• Music from Old Town School of Folk Music Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle
Library
• Pioneer children’s crafts and games
• Friends of the Lisle Library used book sale
• Automobile Display, 1926 Model T, 1928 Chevrolet and 1930 Ford Model 45B Coupe
• Giant Operating HO gauge model railroad
• 2-1/2 HP Gas Engine & Bicycle Generator
• Summer Kitchen, enjoy homemade pie and corn bread
• Hayrides Sponsored by the Lisle Park District
• Exhibit on the history of Lisle Dairy
Schedule of Events
Saturday Activities by the Hour
10:15am - Caboose Club
11am - Grounds, exhibits and buildings open
11am–4pm - Hourly firing of Civil War-style Canon by Taylor’s
Battery
11am–5pm Hayrides, HO train exhibit running, Petting Zoo Open,
Used Book Sale, Historic Building Tours, Food by Wheatstack - A Midwestern
Eatery & Tap
12:30pm - Pioneer Children’s Games, Sponsored by the Lisle Park
District, Seed Spitting Contest
1:30pm - Pie Eating Contest, Tug-of-War & Other games by the
Lisle Park District
1pm–3pm - Old Town School of Folk Music, Sponsored by Friends
of the Lisle
Library
2:15pm - Children’s Story Hour presented by the Lisle Library
3pm - Lisle Pioneer Cemetery Walking Tour
5pm - Grounds Close
Sunday Activities by the Hour
12pm - Grounds, exhibits and buildings open
12pm–5pm Hayrides, HO train exhibit running, Petting Zoo Open,
Used Book Sale,
Historic Building Tours, Food by Wheatstack - A Midwestern Eatery & Tap
1pm–3pm Old Town School of Folk Music Sponsored by Friends of
the Lisle
Library
2pm - Pioneer Children’s Games
3pm - Lisle Pioneer Cemetery Walking Tour
5pm - Grounds Close
Pioneer Craft Demonstrations & Attractions
• Basket Weaving
• Bee Keeper
• Corn Grinding
• Fabric Dyeing with Natural Plants
• Historic Faux Painting (Saturday)
• Hit and Miss Gas Engine
• Home Spun Yarns
• Lace Making
• Leather Craft
• Make Your Own Rag Doll (Sunday)
• Mini Baler
• Ottawa Log Saw
• Quilting
• Rope Making
• Rug Hooking
• Weaving
• Woodcarving
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