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Created: June 26 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Historic Stranahan House Museum has announced that it will host a one-of-a-kind summer camp from July 13 to July 17 for children ages four to nine.

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The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon. Children will spend a week as a pioneer of Fort Lauderdale just like the city’s founders, Frank and Ivy Stranahan, participating in pioneer activities such as butter making, craft projects, story time, gardening, exploring the house and more. Snacks will be provided each day and campers will receive a pizza party on Friday.

Registrations are $50 per child for museum members and $60 per child for non-members. For more information or to register for the camp, contact Melanie Claros Rodriguez at 954-524-4736 or education@stranahanhouse.org. For more information about the Historic Stranahan House Museum, visit www.stranahanhouse.org.

About Historic Stranahan House and Museum
The Stranahan House was built in 1901, when Broward County was no more than a bleak southern frontier supposedly unsuited for human habitation. The existing residents were the Seminoles who traveled down the New River to Frank Stranahan’s trading post to do business. Over the years as Fort Lauderdale grew and developed, the house became a post office, boarding house, restaurant and home to the “Founding Father” and “First Lady” of Fort Lauderdale – Ivy and Frank Stranahan. Today it stands as the oldest house in Fort Lauderdale and an epicenter of Broward County’s long and fascinating history.