Muzzleloader and Living History scholar, Mr. John Curry, will be presenting programs.
Longhunter's and eastern explorers Headline this year's Rendezvous at Fort Union Trading Post
Fort Union Trading Post hosts its 29th annual Rendezvous, Thursday through Sunday, June 16-19, 2011. Mark the dates on your calendar, and come and participate in the upper Missouri’s finest fur trade fair at one of the West’s most imposing historic sites.
Mr. Curry hails from Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He has written for several muzzle loading and living history magazines including Muzzle Blasts, Smoke and Fire, On the Trail, Dixie Gun Works, Black Powder Annual and Muzzleloader. He currently writes the popular monthly column "Wilderness Writings" for the national Muzzle Loading Association's Muzzle Blasts magazine. He has over 35 years of experience in eighteenth century frontier culture and is also considered one of the foremost experts on the history of eighteenth century Longhunters, which includes people like Daniel Boone.
This year's headliner is the Muzzleloader expert and Living Historian Mr. John Curry, Mr. Curry hails from Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He has written for several muzzle loading and living history magazines including Muzzle Blasts, Smoke and Fire, On the Trail, Dixie Gun Works, Black Powder Annual and Muzzleloader. He currently writes the popular monthly column "Wilderness Writings" for the national Muzzle Loading Association's Muzzle Blasts magazine. He has over 35 years of experience in eighteenth century frontier culture and is also considered one of the foremost experts on the history of eighteenth century Longhunters, which includes people like Daniel Boone.
Traders and campers in period dress will set up just outside of Fort Union’s north wall, with trader’s row extending northward from the back gate. The traders will have their usual array of furs and handcrafted items available. Each day will feature a variety of speakers and demonstrations including blacksmithing, canoes of the fur trade, sign language, flint knapping, period cloth, finger weaving, weapon firing, beaver skinning, brain tanning and pottery making. Bagpipers will perform Sunday afternoon. A special daily presentation will be done on the use of cameras and photography during the 19th century.
An array of trade goods will also be presented in the trade house. The American Fur Company traded beads, cloth, blankets, knives, guns, tobacco, and cooking kettles in exchange for buffalo robes and other furs from the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, and Hidatsa tribes. Taken from the clerk’s ledger lists of 1848-51, exact replicas of more than 200 trade items are available for purchase today.
Come and spend the day at Rendezvous. Admission is free. Buffalo burgers and drinks will be on sale in the parking lot.
Complete 2011 Rendezvous schedule
2011 Rendezvous Information for Visitors
Rendezvous Photo gallery
Rendezvous Run information
