The Village on the Prairie: 50 Years of Prairietown | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Founded in 1974 by Eli Lilly, Prairietown at Conner Prairie immerses guests in 19th-century Indiana life through trades, | dG1fZ2V6LVZ3Q25WZXc

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00:00Welcome to Connor Perry, where you can take a trip back in time to a day when blacksmiths

00:24forged iron and farmers at Jay and Ball, to the 1830s when women folks spun wool and dipped

00:32cannons and working meant working hard. Welcome to Connor Prairie, where long ago is not so far away.

00:43What is Prairie Town? Prairie Town is a lot of things. To me, Prairie Town is probably the

00:51essence of what Connor Prairie's core experience became. Prairie Town is more than just buildings,

00:58it is a community. A composite community that's set in 1836 and we have characters that celebrate

01:07and have weddings and funerals and have conflicts and drama. Prairie Town to me is an opportunity

01:13for learning, for teaching, for experimenting. It's a tool to teach people you know how people

01:20live back in the 1830s. It's a place where people can actually enter into history and become a part

01:24of history. Don't have to stand back. There's no barriers. You can step forward and participate

01:34if you want to. Think about not only where we came from but what that means for where we're at today.

01:42And you can enjoy it on its surface because it's a visual feast or you can enjoy the detailed

01:49understanding about how foraging is done. It really makes it a perfect tourism attraction for all ages

01:57and all interests. There we are, Connor Prairie. Yuffie, yuffie. The legacy of Prairie Town

02:06is bigger than any one person. Prairie Town is bigger than Eli Lilly. Connor Prairie is bigger than William

02:18Connor. It is a legacy that is made up of the marks of all these people. Planting that seed of curiosity,

02:28connecting people to memories, teaching people new things, challenging them on these hard and fast

02:38assumptions that we have. Now, the legacy is found in the people.