Re-enactments of two military expeditions to Prophetstown that took place during the War of 1812, when all of Tippecanoe County was part of the Indian Confederacy, will be staged at Historic Prophetstown, located within Prophetstown State Park, Oct. 31 and Nov 1.

Re-enactors will portray Native Woodland Native Americans, Kentucky Militia, U.S. Infantry, U.S. Artillery and Mounted Rangers to stage an event known as “Spur’s Defeat.” Visitors can tour encampments, where reenactors will portray life in the early 1800s.

Gates open at 8 a.m. both days. Visitors can view the morning raising of colors and opening Native American prayer on Oct. 31 at 9 a.m., and on Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. The Oct. 31 re-enactment will portray an expedition that happened Nov. 11, 1811. The Nov. 1 show will portray an expedition that happened November 12, 1812.

After the Oct. 31 show, at 7 p.m., the re-enactors will host a Halloween trick or treat for kids in the militia camps, where they will hand out period-style candy. At 8 p.m., the encampment will be visited by a “headless horseman.”

State park admission is $6 per in-state vehicle, $8 per out-of-state vehicle. Gate admission includes admission to Historic Prophetstown. Admission to the Re-enactment and corn maze is $5 per person per day or $7.50 for weekend. Children age 3 or younger are admitted free. Food and drinks will be available for purchase on the grounds.

Historic Prophetstown is a private, not-for-profit organization, inside the state park, just off of 9th Street Road, five miles north of Lafayette. Historic Prophetstown is a living, working farm that offers hands-on opportunity to engage farm life as it was at the turn of the 20th Century.