See community members turn out for Syrup Sopping Festival in Loachapoka
Scenes from Loachapoka’s annual Syrup Sopping Festival at Pioneer Park on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical buildings, and more throughout Lee County Historical Society grounds.
Student volunteers feed sugarcane stalks through a horse-powered press, extracting the cane’s juice, during Syrup Sopping Festival at Pioneer Park in Loachapoka on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical buildings, and more throughout Lee County Historical Society grounds.
Chad Mitchell feeds sugarcane through an automatic press to extract the cane’s juice at the Syrup Sopping Festival in Loachapoka on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical …