FORT BASINGER — April 12 and 13 provided beautiful weather for the Heritage Festival at the Edna Pearce Lockett Estate ...
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FORT BASINGER — April 12 and 13 provided beautiful weather for the Heritage Festival at the Edna Pearce Lockett Estate, located on the corner of Hwy 98 N and State Road 721 in Fort Basinger.
The festival celebrated the homestead’s 150th anniversary. Visitors enjoyed tours of the historic home, which has been furnished in period style.
![Tours of the Edna Pearce Lockett Estate were available during the Heritage Festival April 12 and 13. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/original/20250414-103753-7f1-IMG_4599.jpg)
The festival featured entertainment, demonstrations of quilting and blacksmithing, craft booths, food trucks and more.
![Lonnie Kirsch stands on the steps of the old school house at the Edna Pearce Lockett Estate during the 2025 Heritage Festival. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/original/20250414-111907-92c-CW1_9542.JPG)
Sons of the American Revolution provided the Color Guard.
Florida Atlantic University staff from the Riverwoods Field Lab offered pontoon boat tours of part of the restored portion of the Kissimmee River.
