The event has been declared an official activity of Farm-City week for Houston County. Farm-City week is a national program that was created in 1955 to recognize the far-reaching effects of agriculture, providing not only food, but clothing, housing, medicines & other items used in the daily lives of people around the world.

The park's historic farmstead will be the site of numerous demonstrations by volunteers or staff in period clothing and will include blacksmithing, corn shelling, quilting, open hearth & woodstove cooking, weaving, soap-making, cane grinding, syrup making, a mule-powered hay press, and other traditional rural activities. "Many of the activities that will take place during our Wiregrass Heritage Festival were once common on farms throughout the Wiregrass Region of Alabama, Florida and Georgia." stated William Holman, park director.

One featured activity will be the demonstration of an 'old-time' peanut harvest, utilizing vintage farm equipment and mules. Volunteers will demonstrate how peanuts were dug with a mule-drawn plow, stacked on poles to dry, and later picked from the vine with stationary peanut pickers and the vines then pressed into bales with antique hay baling equipment.

Another featured activity will be the time-honored tradition of making cane syrup. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch the whole syrup-making process, from the stripping and cutting of the sugar cane to the squeezing of the stalks in a mule-drawn cane mill for the juice. The cooking of the sweet juice will take place in a 80 gallon kettle under the watchful eye of an experienced syrup maker.  Jars of the freshly-made syrup will be available for sale while supplies last.

Guest exhibitors from across the southeast will display their restored antique tractors, engines, and farm equipment for all to see. On Saturday afternoon, an antique tractor pull will be held, with entries limited to pre-1964 tractors.

Entertainment is always a crowd favorite during the "Wiregrass Heritage Festival ". Continuous entertainment will take place in the park's Victorian-style gazebo and will include Dothan bluegrass band Midway Connection, bluegrass jam band Big Joe Hammer of Montgomery, the Wallace College Choral group and the Performing Arts Spectrum cloggers.

The park's historic Martin Drugstore will be open and serving fountain treats such as shakes, malts, floats and ice cream from its restored soda fountain. The Shelley General Store will also be open for visitors who would like to purchase souvenirs or products produced at the park such as honey, pepper sauce, soap and more.

There will be plenty for children of all ages to enjoy, including pony rides, wagon rides, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkin, and kids will want to check out the park's new playground, "The Barnyard", a 13,000 sq.ft. playground with a silo, farm wagon, barn, and other structures reminiscent of a farm.

In addition, the Alabama Agricultural Museum display building, which is located on the park grounds, will be open and features the current exhibit "Serving the King: Cotton Growing and Ginning in Alabama, 1819-1940". Planetarium shows featuring the current night sky will be presented in the park's STARLAB planetarium located in the Interpretive Center at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Activities get underway on Saturday, October 25 at 10 a.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, $4 for children and free for park members and children 3 and under.

Landmark Park is located on Hwy 431, three miles north of Dothan's Ross Clark Circle. The 100 acre facility serves as the Official Agricultural Museum for the state of Alabama. Pets are not allowed unless specifically trained to assist the handicapped. For more information, or to enter the antique tractor show, contact the park office (334) 794-3452.