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Fred Gowans. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Fred Gowans
Dr. Fred Gowans conducted a tour of the original rendezvous grounds, near Daniel, where Horse Creek joins the Green River - in the background of this picture.

Michael Terry. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Michael Terry
"Bad Hand" shows his horse head medicine bag, made from a real horse head.

Lapita Frewin. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
Lapita Frewin
Lapita cuts string to be used to make dream catchers during one of her children's programs.

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Rendezvous at the Museum
Museum of the Mountain Man
by Clint Gilchrist
July 13, 2008

Green River Rendezvous Days is always the biggest week of the year at the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale. This year was no exception with as many as three presentations going on at the same time.

It all got started on Thursday evening with a reception, award presentation, and book signing for the second annual Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, followed by a presentation by Journal editor, Dr. Fred Gowans. Friday morning, Dr. Gowans led a tour of the original rendezvous grounds near Daniel, 11 miles west of Pinedale.

Seven articles were selected to be published in the 2008 edition of the Museum's Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal. The Journal authors all came to Rendezvous this year and gave presentations on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Subjects included Jed Smith, honey bees, shelters, federal regulation, trapper’s cache, Antonio Montero, and John Fremont. For more information on the annual Journal, visit the Museum of the Mountain Man website. Article submissions for consideration to be in the 2009 edition are due January 1, 2009.

Plains-Indian historian Michael "Bad Hand" Terry has become a fixture at Rendezvous Days. His presentations drew standing-room only crowds again this year with many people attending several presentations.

Lapita Frewin’s gave several children's programs which allowed kids to build traditional Indian items such as dream catchers and coup sticks.

A dozen members of the American Mountain Men gave presentations all weekend on mountain man clothes, firearms, tools, sign language, beaver trapping, and whatever the audience wanted to know about the day-to-day life of mountain men of the early 1800s. The AMM members also built several examples of mountain man shelters that are now permanent displays on the grounds of the Museum.

The Museum would like to thank their generous sponsors for helping to make all their events possible this year.

Special thanks to Shell Rocky Mountain Production for again sponsoring and staffing the buffalo burger lunch on Friday and Saturday. The proceeds go to help fund the Museum operations.

All programs at the Museum were free due to generous sponsors.
EnCana sponsored Lapita Frewin's children's programs.
Sublette BOCES sponsored Michael Terry.
Shell sponsored Dr. Fred Gowans.
The Sublette County Museum Board sponsored the American Mountain Men, and Rocky Mountain Power was a general sponsor.

Photos and story by Clint Gilchrist



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  • Mountain Man Saddles. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Mountain Man Saddles
    American Mountain Man Bruce "Burnt Spoon" Druliner shows Megan how mountain man saddles are different from the one she uses.

    Jim Hardee. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Jim Hardee
    Journal Editor Jim Hardee gave a talk about who was the first American mountain man.

    Michael and Apache. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Michael and Apache
    Michael Terry rode Apache in the parade on Saturday.

    Rendezvous Parade. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Rendezvous Parade
    The Rendezvous parade as seen from the "sledding hill", on the east end of Pinedale.

    Rendezvous Tour. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Rendezvous Tour
    On Friday morning, approximately sixty people braved strong winds to listen to a presentation by Dr. Fred Gowans at DeSmet Monument overlooking the rendezvous grounds near Daniel.

    Coup Stick. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Coup Stick
    Lapita looks at a coup stick that one of the Dads helped build.

    Beaver Trapping. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Beaver Trapping
    American Mountain Man Pete shows a typical beaver trap used by the mountain men.

    James C. Auld. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    James C. Auld
    Jim gave a presentation on some of the myths that have evolved around mountain man Jedediah Smith.

    Gage Skinner. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Gage Skinner
    Gage shows some of the early tools used by honeybee keepers.

    Hide Tanning. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Hide Tanning
    AMM "Cuz" explained how animals skins were brain tanned by the mountain men and Indians.

    Wolf Hide. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Wolf Hide
    Michael Terry explained how Plains Indians used wolf hides.

    Crazy Cyot. Photo by Clint Gilchrist, Pinedale Online.
    Crazy Cyot
    AMM "Crazy" built a typical shelter that would have been used by the mountain men of the early 1800s.
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