Fort Gibson Historic Site and the Friends of Fort Gibson will host Bake Day on Saturday, March 26, beginning at 10 a.m. Bake Day is a fundraiser and educational event that depicts one aspect of army life during and after the Civil War. The aroma of fresh baked bread will fill the air on Garrison Hill as Fort Gibson staff and volunteers bring a bake house to life. This living history presentation details the bread making process, with Rory Montgomery explaining how to bake bread in an old wood-fired stone oven. Guests can enjoy bread baking demonstrations and sample the finished product. Children can attempt to make "shake 'em up" butter. Visitors also may bring their own bread to bake in the wood-fired oven at Fort Gibson, then spend the day viewing a reconstruction of the early log fort as well as original buildings from the 1840s through 1870s.

Exhibits detailing the history of the fort are located in the Commissary Visitor Center on Garrison Hill. For more information please call 918-478-4088 or email oreed@okhistory.org. Fort Gibson, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 907 N. Garrison in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.

Fort Washita will host a Fur Trade Rendezvous from Wednesday, March 30, through Sunday, April 3. This is a living history event reminiscent of a fur trade rendezvous that was the center of commerce on the early western frontier. Visitors can expect to see trappers representing the far northwest mountain areas to the desert southwest, as well as traders with French and Spanish influence. The rendezvous will include instructive programs in customs, survival skills and lifestyles of the period. Living history interpreters will showcase historical music, and food vendors will be on site.

"School Days" are scheduled for Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1. Students will travel through the camps where reenactors will explain life on the frontier in the early nineteenth century. Visit Fort Washita and experience the sights, sounds and smells of history. There is no charge for school buses. There is a $5 per car fee for others visiting the Fur Trade Rendezvous, with all proceeds benefiting preservation projects at Fort Washita. Please call 580-924-6502 for more information. Fort Washita was established in 1842 in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, as the southwestern-most military post of the United States. A National Historic Landmark, Fort Washita is located at 3348 State Rd. 199 in Durant.