The Crockett Tavern Museum is beginning its year with a look a springtime on the frontier this weekend.

“Sweet Springtime” will take place on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Historical interpreters will fill the grounds of Morristown’s iconic museum that is mere yards from where a young Davy Crockett lived and learned to hunt.

The museum’s historical interpreter, Isaac White, said they would be focusing on what settlers would be doing this time of year.

“It’s kind of a look into the dayto- day life, the hard labors that people had to endure on a consistent basis.” He said. “The settlers and frontiersmen would prepare for the fall and winter so they could make it through to the spring, only to have to immediately turn around and use the springtime to prepare damages done from the elements.”

Tickets to the event are $5 for adults and $1 for children, with a 50-cent discount for seniors and veterans.

The event will include several demonstrations and educational programs throughout the day.

From noon to 1 p.m., Connor McGeorge of Martin Station will lead a traditional broom-making demonstration and class.

Visitors will have the opportunity to make and keep their own broom while supplies last at no additional cost beyond admission.

“They’re bringing down extra materials in the event that someone wants to make their own broom,” White said. “The broom is all theirs. Won’t cost them a dime.”

Additional presentations will focus on the seasonal work required of early settlers, including preparing gardens, repairing homes after winter weather and completing other springtime frontier chores.

From 3 to 4 p.m., local historian Dakota Carmichael will present a historical discussion and demonstration on water witching, a practice once used by some settlers in attempts to locate underground water sources.

Traditional frontier firearm firing demonstrations also are planned throughout the afternoon.

The weather this weekend has some uncertainty, but “this is a rain or shine event” according to White.

“In the event that it does rain this weekend, we will move our lectures and demonstrations to the inside of the tavern and to Polly’s Pavilion as well,” he said.