Pioneer Day 2026
A historical festival featuring reenactments, traditional crafts, food, and family-friendly pioneer activities.
An annual tradition returns to Poe’s Tavern Historical Park in Soddy-Daisy next to city hall. The free event invites attendees to enjoy activities like: • Food from the ‘Chuckwagon’ • TWRA on site with a collection of pelts from local animals for the kids to see and feel. • SPURRED WEST: A dedicated group of individuals committed to promoting Wild West history through well-researched reenactments and living history displays. They tell the often-forgotten stories of Southerners and their significant contributions to the American West. • Mountain Men encampment • Trail of Tears history with Carlos Wilson • Information on medicinal herbs and flowers • Children’s games • Kid-friendly animals • Oak Street ‘Trinity Train’ • Quilt display • Basket making • Spoon carvers • Old guns • Open fire cooking in the reproduction Poe’s Tavern. • 1877 apple cider press • 100 + year old corn sheller to shell corn, crack the corn, and feed it to chickens. • Blacksmiths • Soap makers
