History came alive

The Inter-Mountain photo by John Wickline
Ian Beard, of Little Rock, Arkansas, takes a cut at a pitch during a vintage baseball game Sunday at the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museum’s conference at WVU Jackson’s Mill. The baseball game was played using rules that were in place during the Civil War to 1890s era.

The Inter-Mountain photo by John Wickline
Right, Michael Albert of the Blue Hen Bakers in Wilmington, Delaware., shoves a pan of bread into a special baking oven Sunday, a demonstration that was part of the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museum's conference at WVU Jackson's Mill. The conference continues through Wednesday.

The Inter-Mountain photo by John Wickline
Above, Kelly Whitfield, of the Atlanta (Georgia) History Center, balances a bat on her chin as she waits her turn at the plate during Sunday’s vintage baseball game at WVU Jackson’s Mill. The baseball game, which used the rules in place during the era between the Civil War and the turn of the century, was part of the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museum’s conference.