Year & Location Of The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous

Year & Location Of The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous



I thought I would share a little of Walt Hayward and Brad McDade's knowledge for the new folks as well as the old timers. Nothing like a little refresher on the good old days.

1825 - 1840

• 1825 Henry's Fork of the Green River, Wyoming
• 1826 Cache Valley (near present Hyrum), Utah
• 1827 Bear Lake, Utah
• 1828 Bear Lake, Utah
• 1829 Upper Popo Agie, near Lander, Wyoming
• 1830 Wind River headwaters near Riverton, Wyoming.
• 1831 Supply train did not reach the rendezvous area in time,
         so no rendezvous was held.
• 1832 Pierre's Hole, Idaho
• 1833 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming
• 1834 Ham's Fork, Wyoming
• 1835 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming
• 1836 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming
• 1837 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming
• 1838 Wind River at the mouth of Popo Agie Wyoming
• 1839 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming
• 1840 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming.
         This was the last of the great Rocky Mountain Rendezvous.

FAVORITE WINTERING- CAMPS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN
• Thompson's River, Montana
• Yellowstone (now Livingston), Montana
• Taos, New Mexico
• San Luis Valley, New Mexico
• Brown's Hole
• Ogden, Utah
• White River, Utah
• Cache Valley, Utah
• Smoke River, Idaho

TYPES OF LODGES USED BY THE MOUNTAIN MEN
• Trapper's cabin. - This was a small, one-room log cabin, usually having a sod roof.
• Tipi - The mountain man did adopt the skin lodge of the Indian. These were often old tipi's the Indian no longer wanted. Usually obtained through trading with the
Indian.
• Lean-to - If caught in bad weather, the mountain man would often construct a lean-to where he was. Naturally, these were made from whatever could be found in the area.
• Trade fort - Mountain men were sometimes known to winter in a trade fort. More often than not they were at odds with the factor and not really welcome.
• Buffalo robes green earth, and open sky - This was the favorite lodge of the
mountain man, the one he spent most of his life in.


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