Living historian Jonathan Yellowbear talks to Old Fort Western visitors Saturday about how his Abenaki ancestors used bows and arrows to hunt.

Lee Cranmer, retired historic archaeologist from Maine Historic Preservation Commission, left, and Linda Novak, Old Fort Western director, set up artifacts in a display case Saturday at old Fort Western in Augusta.

With the Memorial Day weekend kicking off the summer tourist season in Maine, Old Fort Western in Augusta was open for business on Saturday.

Gabriel Norwood, an educator from Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth, Mass., left, chats about guns with living historian Jonathan Yellowbear on Saturday at Old Fort Western in Augusta.

Linda Novak, Old Fort Western director, speaks during Saturday's celebration in Augusta.

Lee Cranmer, retired historic archaeologist from Maine Historic Preservation Commission, stakes out the footprint of the old trading post near Fort Western on Saturday in Augusta.