BREITUNG TWP- The annual Vermilion Range Old Settlers Reunion and Picnic will be held on Saturday, July 20, at McKinley Park Campground. Booyah served at 12 noon sharp. Booyah is a beef, pork, and vegetable stew, cooked outdoors over a wood fire in huge cast iron pots that are over 100 years old. Booyah is served until it runs out, so don’t be late.
Volunteers assemble the afternoon before the picnic to chop up the hundreds of pounds of potatoes, cabbage, carrots, celery, onions, and green peppers that go into the pots.
Memberships are $10 paid in advance or can be purchased the day of the picnic. Each membership gets you and your family the best booyah one can imagine, along with bread and butter and coffee. Families round out the meal with their own picnic fixings and desserts. Attendees need to bring a pot to put their steaming hot booyah in, and their own bowls and dinnerware. Families are welcome to bring their own folding table and chairs, but there is also plenty of picnic style seating available under shaded pavilions.
Take-outs are available, but the fun of the day is staying for the picnic, live music, and raffles.
Membership in Old Settlers is open to anyone born or living on the Vermilion Iron Range. Guests are also welcome at $10 per person. Old Settlers is an annual tradition, started back in the day when the mining company put on a day-long event for the mine employees and their families.
Cold drinks can be purchased at the campground store. Children will be able to try out the brand-new playground equipment. McKinley Park also has a swimming beach, changing rooms, and showers.
Please make checks payable to: Vermilion Range Old Settlers, PO Box 56, Soudan, MN 55782 (note new address).