Knox, PA — just a 20-25 minute drive from Oil City and Franklin
Other than having a great Farmers Market every Friday in the Community Park from 4pm to 7pm did you know that Knox is known as the “Horsethief Capital of the World”? It gained this reputation through the nefarious doings of Sebastian “Boss” Buck who was the most notorious horse thief in US history. He and his gang continuously moved a string of stolen horses along a trail from Kentucky to Maine. While Boss Buck spent much of his time riding this trail, his residence and headquarters was reputedly located somewhere near Knox.
Every year Knox has a weeklong festival called the “Horsethief Days Celebration“. Highlights of the celebration include a car cruise, a main street parade, local bands with a variety of music from Christian Rock to Country, dances, sidewalk sales, and lots of good food and refreshments. A softball tournament, a community picnic & vesper service will kick off the celebration.
2010 Horsethief Days are currently being planned for August 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, and 28th.
Make sure you stop by the Farmer’s Market on Friday, August 20th for some great locally grown produce and handmade goodies.
You’ll find homemade strawberry pies & goats milk fudge from Larry at Curran Acres, berry and white chocolate scones (my personal favorite), fresh mango, pineapple and tomato salsa from Marnie at Some Like It Hot (the mango salsa is delicious on grilled chicken and pork tenderloin!). For the cooks, check out the great dried herb mixes from Kathy of The Herb Shed, hot pickled bologna, hamburg, steaks and roasts from Tom at McCoy Farms — if you’re hungry he’ll even cook you a delicious juicy hamburg on his grill. If you’re looking for quality handcrafted items see Bonnie of Bonnie’s Beads,
other than her beaded jewelry she also makes whimsical bird seed shaped eggs, squirrels and stars to hang in your trees for your fine feathered friends (she doesn’t use suet so they won’t get rancid in the heat). Also, handmade hardwood pepper and salt grinders, beautiful, one of a kind and reasonably priced (around $18 each).
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I feel sorry for all of you who could not try the luscious Valentine cookies that Lisa made, pictured at the top of the blog. Y U M M Y!!!!
The dried kiwi is great! Thanks, Lisa! Corner Cupboard is a great place to shop!
Thanks for the great write up on the corner cupboard!!! We love our little store and have had a wonderful time being in Franklin.
Our kiwi’s have been such a unique product. They are very yummy….we have a new mix called tropical fruit salad coming in soon. It has the dried kiwi plus several other dried fruits mixed in with it. Cant wait to try it!!
Lauren
I work at Daffin’s and was one of the lucky ones to sample Lisa’s valentine cookies. It was wonderful!!! Will you share your recipe?
Thanks Christine. I’m not much of a baker so I admit I didn’t make them from scratch. I just buy Giant Eagle’s Sugar Cookie Mix, roll, cut out and bake. The frosting is homemade though, the way my Mom did it, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. I do have lots of fun decorating! I’m glad you liked them.