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2009 Full
Schedule
Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal
& Forum, The third annual Journal introduced
with lectures by authors and discussion panels. Thursday
evening will be a special reception and journal signing
Journal featured speakers include:
- “The Colter Legend Revisited” by John Jackson
- “The Taos Whiskey Trade” by Joe Kierst
- “Alfred Jacob Miller: The Artist and the Greenhorn:
Lost and Found in Wind River Country” by Chawvan
Kelley
- “Formidable Men and Heroes: The Forgotten Delaware
Mountaineers”
by Doyle Reid
- “An American Fur Company Northwest Trade Gun”
by Barry Bohnet
- “The Spanish Saddle: Choice of the Rocky Mountain
Fur Men” by Clay Landry
Dr. Fred Gowans, "Historian
in Residence" for the Museum will give a lecture Thursday
evening on “The Tragedy on Two River” to
open the Fur Trade Forum. TDr. Gowans will also
give a presentation on Friday morning.
Michael Terry, Native American Historian and
Ethnologist, Plains Indian Encampment. His lectures are
FREE to the public and give an overview of life of the Plains
Indians in the 1800s. New for 2007, Michael's 20-foot buffalo
hide tipi now on display permanently. This exhibit is a
donation from Gayle McMurry Kinnison through her Wyoming
Community Donor Advised Endowment.
Lapita Frewin, heads up our Children's Programs
with morning and afternoon sessions, free to all kids.
The American Mountain Men Trapper's camp, north
of the Museum at the amphitheater. Live lectures and demonstrations
throughout Rendezvous weekend will include firearms, sign
language, beaver trapping, clothes, tools, fire making,
horse tack, packing, and stories & songs.
Friday & Saturday, July 11& 12: Buffalo
Burger Lunch Presented by the Sublette County Historical
Society Board, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Museum.
Museum Gallery & Gift Shop Open 9
am to 5 pm, and in the evening during Rendezvous.
The Sublette County Chamber of Commerce Rendezvous
Parade is held on Saturday morning at 11:00 am
down main street in Pinedale. The
Green River Rendezvous Pageant is on Sunday at
1:00 pm at the Rendezvous Grounds just south of Pinedale
adjacent to the rodeo grounds.
As part of Pinedale's Green River Rendezvous weekend, the
Society and Museum are excited to offer a variety of great
programs for 2008. For other weekend events see the Pinedale
Online Rendezvous Calendar and the Green
River Rendezvous Pageant website.
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