VINTON COUNTY, Ohio—People from all walks of life flocked last weekend from 25 states and Canada to the Old School Survival Boot Camp, a three-day event in the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio where they gathered to learn skills that teach self-reliance.
More than 140 classes taught by instructors from around the country included butchering, canning, herbalism, and emergency medicine techniques to food preservation, blacksmithing, beekeeping, and gardening.
Tara Dodrill and her husband, Bobby, are the boot camp’s founders. They live on a 60-acre farm in Vinton County, not far from the fairgrounds, where the event is held. The closest community is McArthur, a one-stoplight village a few miles away….