Burnsville Lake to Host Heritage Weekend July 14-16

Burnsville Lake in Burnsville WV will host Heritage Weekend on Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16, 2023. Times are different for each day. Attendees may call the Bulltown Historical Museum for a full schedule with the times. The annual event offers visitors a chance to experience farm life in West Virginia through demonstrations and exhibits. There are also a few hands-on activities for visitors to participate in.
The Event takes place in the Bulltown Historical Area, located at the entrance to Bulltown Campground in Napier, West Virginia off Millstone Run Road. The area includes several log structures that predate the Civil War. These buildings were reconstructed in a village setting along a section of the Weston & Gauley Turnpike. One of the structures is the Cunningham House, which belonged to Moses Cunningham, the only civilian injured in the Battle of Bulltown on October 13th, 1863.
Exhibits will include various traditional crafts and farm life demonstrations. Civil War living historians will also be on hand to provide information about life at Bulltown during the War Between the States. Demonstrations will include Civil War cooking and Camp Life. Talks and tours will also be available throughout the weekend. If enough Re-Enactors show up there may also be a Civil War drill.
This free event is sponsored by The Bulltown Historical Association in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Directions to the Heritage Weekend Event: from the south, take exit 67 (Flatwoods) off of I-79 go north on US 19 – turn left onto Millstone Run Road and turn left again onto the Bulltown Campground Road and then left again to enter the Bulltown Historical Area parking lot (follow the brown signs); from the north, take exit 91 (Roanoke) off of I-79 and go south on US 19 – turn right onto Millstone Run Road and turn left again onto the Bulltown Campground Road and then left again to enter the Bulltown Historical Area parking lot (follow the brown signs).
For more information about Heritage Weekend or the Bulltown Historic Area, contact Volunteers at the Bulltown Historical Area Museum, phone: 304-452-8170, or Park Ranger Lisa Hess at the Burnsville Lake Project Office, phone: 304-853-2371.