Greg Bray is currently the Assistant Director and Blacksmith at Pricketts Fort. He is the owner and operator of Bray’s Knifeworks where he specializes in the manufacturing of custom made knives and reproductions, gun building, and gun repair. A life-long resident of Fairmont, Greg has been making knives since 1990 and has been blacksmithing since 1994, with a particular focus on 18th and 19th century production. He is a juried artisan at Tamarack, which features the best in West Virginia arts and teaches blacksmithing in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort.

Gene Bray is a retired school teacher who built his first rifle in 2001. He learned the process in a gun building class taught by Ed Ray of Gassaway, West Virginia.

William “Wild Willy” Frankfort is a skilled speaker, storyteller, writer, and artist. Since 1991 his interest in local history has led him to research and reproduce historically accurate items from colonial America. He is active as a re-enactor and also teaches scrimshaw in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort.

Speedy Hogarth lives in Annapolis, Maryland and works as “Scout William,” the Capital City Colonials who provide historic tours. His interest in muzzleloaders and flintlocks began in 1958, which led to participation in primitive shooting and enactments. He made his first hunting bag in 1961.

Judy Wilson has been an historical interpreter at Pricketts Fort for many years, demonstrating various women’s skills particularly textiles. She is a member of the Fiber Arts Guild, Shepherd’s Federation, and the Weaver’s Guild of America. She raises her own fiber producing animals on her farm and also teaches spinning, weaving and dyeing in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort.

Okey Simmons is an historic interpreter at Pricketts Fort who represents a militia character and horner. He works with bone and horn to create a wide variety of objects including powderhorns and teaches woodcarving in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort.

Lee Miller is an historic interpreter at Pricketts Fort. As a tinsmith, he demonstrates 18th and 19th century processes for visitors and teaches tinsmithing in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort. He is also an active Civil War re-enactor and is responsible for planning the Fort’s Civil War weekend and Summer Camp.

Paul Parrish is a living history re-enactor who makes historically accurate reproduction wood furniture and other items. His business, Powtomack Woodwright, has been a regular exhibitor at the Pricketts Fort Christmas Market.

Michael Ray is an historical interpreter at Pricketts Fort and demonstrates period pottery making using traditional methods and forms.  He teaches pottery in the Teaching History Through the Arts program for Pricketts Fort.