Homesteader Museum invites you to dine under the stars and play in the street.

The Farm to Table Dinner on Second Street in front of Washington Park returns this year after a Covid-imposed hiatus of two years. It’s the lead-off event Friday, Sept. 9 of a two-day Homesteader Days festival sponsored by Homesteader Museum to celebrate the agricultural heritage of the Powell area.

The museum-hosted Farm to Table Dinner on Sept. 9 starts at 6 p.m., with Second Street closed in front of Washington Park and tables lining the street. The menu features locally grown meat and produce. 

Tickets to the Farm to Table Dinner can be purchased for $40 per person at the Homesteader Museum. Attendees must be 21 and older. Ticket sales will continue until Friday, Sept. 2. The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturday, or tickets can be purchased online at www.homesteadermuseum.com, with a $3.95 processing charge.

Homesteader Days continues Saturday, Sept. 10, beginning at 10 a.m. with day-long events outside the museum at the corner of First and Clark Streets. Homesteader Days features vendors and demonstrations, music, hands-on activities and historical equipment and tractors. It recalls the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 1909 Shoshone Reclamation Project which brought irrigated agriculture to lands opened up to homesteading in the northern Big Horn Basin.

The Ruby Hopkin Commemorative Pie Auction takes place at 1 p.m. on Sept. 10. The gift shop will be open, as well as an opportunity to become a member of the Homesteader Museum Association.

The Eagles will be hosting their Vehicle Vision Car Show the same morning in the streets around the museum.

— Dave Bonner