About Us

Veronica Wiese has been interested in the living history field since 1999. She has been actively involved at different historical sites with the research and demonstration of daily life in the time period between 1700 and 1860, including period medicine, hearth cooking, food preservation, candle dipping, soap making, heirloom and historical gardening, the textile making process (carding, spinning, weaving, dyeing, sewing, crochet, knitting), child care and schooling as well as other primitive skills. She has been instrumental in the research, design and creation of period clothing for herself and family, various site staff, and special events. She has also researched and helped design and organize special events around appropriate life events. She has set up period camps and demonstrated at many different sites and events, as well as in schools and for different public and private groups. She has served as the Vice President for the Coalition of Historical Trekkers since August 2004, and as Treasurer of the Fort Yargo Living History Society since 2005. She is also a member of the Association of Living History, Farm and Agriculture Museums.

David Wiese became interested in living history when he and his family became volunteers at Historic Westville, a living history village set in the 1850 time period. He has served as the Georgia State Representative for the Coalition of Historical Trekkers, and is a member of the Fort Yargo Living History Society. His historical interests include leatherworking, copper and tin work, the tomahawk, blackpowder shooting, and "trekking" in the 18th century manner. David has visited several historic sites and events as a demonstrator and has assisted with special activities designed around different life events.

Ashley Wiese began her living history experience as a child while volunteering at Historic Westville. She began by researching and demonstrating mid-19th century children's activities, chores and games, and then assisted in demonstrating medicine, hearth cooking, candle dipping, soap making, heirloom and historical gardening, the textile making process, child care and schooling of the period. She assisted creation of period clothing for staff and special events, and assisted with special events designed around different life activities. After a while, Ashley branched out, researching and demonstrating a mid 18th century Creek camp with appropriate accoutrements, and demonstrated the skills and tasks of Creek Indian women in the mid-18th century. She is currently a member of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers and the Fort Yargo Living History Society. She teaches both western and English horseback riding and works as the barn manager at Little Creek Farm in Upatoi, GA.

Rebecca Wiese had her first living history experience at the age of 8 when she and her family began volunteering at Historic Westville. She assisted in the research and demonstration of mid-19th century children's activities, chores and games, candle dipping, soap making, heirloom and historical gardening, the textile making process, (preferring 19th century crochet) and schooling of the period. She also assisted in the creation of period clothing for staff and special events, and assisted with special events designed around different life activities. Her current interests lie with the history of mid-18th century Scottish immigrants to North America. She has been researching and demonstrating the dress, foods, and lifeways unique to these interesting people. She has also been learning Gaelic Scots, as a way of making her interpretation more accurate. She is currently a member of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers and the Fort Yargo Living History Society. She is a junior in high school, and in her free time teaches western horseback riding lessons at Little Creek Farm in Upatoi, GA.

Victoria Wiese was a youngster, just 7 years old, when her family began their activity in the living history field. She learned early how to dip candles and make soap, quickly picking up other skills possessed by children in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over time she assisted in the research and demonstration of mid-19th century children's activities, chores and games, candle dipping, soap making, heirloom and historical gardening, the textile making process, (preferring 19th century embroidery and the use of the lucet) and the schooling of the period. She also assisted in the creation of period clothing for staff and special events, and assisted with special events designed around different life activities. Like her sister, she is also interested in the history of the Scottish in America and has been researching and demonstrating lifeways of those peoples. A sophmore in high school, Victoria shares her family's love of horses and helps teach at summer riding camps at Little Creek Farm in Upatoi, GA.

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