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'MAD ANNE BAILEY' COMES TO LIFE |
| (04/18/2008) |
 Patty Sue Cooper portrays "Mad" Anne Bailey Patty Sue Cooper of Parkersburg will portray West Virginia frontier scout "Mad" Anne Bailey (ca. 1742-1825) at the Trillium Arts Guild Spring Exhibit and Sale at the Doddridge County Park at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26th. In the late 1700s Anne Bailey served in the Great Kanawha Valley as a buckskin-clad frontierswoman who could handle a horse, hatchet, and long rifle as well as any man. When her husband was killed in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, she was compelled to avenge his death and embarked on a new life as a border scout and messenger. The 1861 poem "Anne Bailey's Ride" commemorates her heroic 1791 ride alone through over 100 miles of mostly wilderness when Fort Lee (Charleston) was threatened with attack to Fort Savannah (Lewisburg) and her return with desperately needed gunpowder. This program will provide the audience with the opportunity to interact with Anne Bailey about her life, and then to question Cooper about herself and her presentations. Humanities scholars have carefully researched a variety of sources about the figures they portray such as journals, letters, official documents, speeches, autobiographies and research of other scholars in developing their presentation. Several social studies teachers in the area are offering some form of extra credit to their students who attend the presentation. This program is free to the public. In addition to this West Virginia Humanities Council History Alive program, the Trillium Arts Guild Spring Exhibit and Sale will include 10 demonstrating artisans, 20 or more artisans selling their products, live music throughout the weekend, a children's "Create and Take", and Irish road bowling. All of these are free to the public.
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