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Hay wagon prepares to take guests up to the main house during the break in the Fiddlers’ Jam. On Sunday, the first Ely Stage Stop Marketplace will set up just to the right of the barn. - Photo by Greg Blinn
Hay wagon prepares to take guests up to the main house during the break in the Fiddlers’ Jam. On Sunday, the first Ely Stage Stop Marketplace will set up just to the right of the barn. – Photo by Greg Blinn
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Kelseyville >> The first ever Ely Stage Stop Marketplace joins the Fiddlers’ Jam at the Ely Stage Stop & Country Museum on Sunday, April 12.

The marketplace, just outside the Ely barn, will feature handcrafted goods and Ely surplus items for sale and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As usual, musicians will jam from noon to 2 p.m. inside the barn.

Items available at the marketplace will include wine racks, birdhouses and furniture crafted from old barn wood. Wine barrel furniture and other natural wood tables and crafts will be represented as will various styles of handcrafted jewelry, including pieces of French beading/bead weaving. Other offerings include stuffed elephants, crocheted baby blankets, various sized afghans and scarves and cowls. And Ely surplus items are still being identified.

Beverages and treats will be provided by the docents in the barn. Donations made during the fiddling benefit both the Ely Stage Stop, helping to fund the blacksmith shop now under construction by volunteers, and the Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 10, which uses it to partially fund its scholarship programs.

Bring a lunch and maybe some wine and picnic in the Oak Grove. View the stagecoach, chuck wagon, buckboard and other large display items on the grounds around the barn. Celebrate local musicians and the American music heritage from the Ely Stage Stop Victorian Era. Take a ride up to the house on the hay wagon to enjoy the newest display and learn about the history of the dairy industry in Lake County.

Home to the Lake County Historical Society, the stage stop is located at 9921 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville. Current hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Fiddlers’ Jams occur the first Sunday of every month from noon until 2 p.m. Living history events featuring local historians are held on the fourth Saturday of every month, again, from noon to 2 p.m.

Visit www.elystagestop.org or www.lakecountyhistory.org, check out the stage stop on Facebook at www.facebook.com/elystagestop, or call the museum at 533-9990.

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