Since 1989, during the last full week of September, the Mary Ingles Trail Associates have presented a historical drama based on research of the life of Mary Draper Ingles. Embroiled in the turmoil of the French & Indian War, Mary was captured by the Shawnee Indians in July of 1755 and after several months she escaped and made her way back home by walking over 500 miles. That journey took her through our Kanawha Valley of West Virginia.

Come and join us for an educational living history lesson of early western Virginia (with emphasis on the Kanawha Valley region) from the 1750's - 1800's.

This year's dates are September 23-27, 2009.

Wednesday - Friday are for schools and Saturday & Sunday are open to the public.

Schools must make reservations, and provide a 'good faith' deposit of $50 within 7 days of making their reservations to hold their scheduled date and time.

Although reservations are not required for the weekend, they are preferred and they guarantee that you will have a spot to see the drama. In past years, we have been booked to capacity or cancelled the drama early due to no scheduled reservations.

We have changed several things during our school days please look at the Dates & Times icon for more information.