YEAR AND 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.

YEAR AND LOCATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS,

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.