In Photos: Fall Festival Transports Young, Old to French Settler Days

Shelby Township's 2011 Fall Festival at the featured a myriad of games and historical artwork, from pumpkin painting to hay rides to a whole section devoted to the French trading system of the 1700s.

The day started off cool and cloudy, but the sun found its way in and made the event better than anyone expected.

There were different stations of which people could play and learn, from a little petting zoo near the festival entrance to a game tent, to arts and crafts tables and a whole area devoted to the trading and military eras of centuries past.

Children learned how old-fashioned muskets worked back in the days of the French-Indian War, as well as how the barter system worked between Europeans and Native Americans.

It was a great event for people to simultaneously learn and have fun, all under a bright blue sky on one of the first fall weekends of the year.

The festival is open Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.