| |
Malcolm
Rosholt
Online
Archives |
Or
Write to us at:
Portage County Historical Society
P O Box 672
Stevens Point WI 54481 |
|
| |
Mountain Men Information
(Return to Rendezvous page)
|
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, east of South Pass, Wyoming |
| 1830 |
Wind River headwaters near South Pass Wyoming
Very likely in the same area as the 1829 rendezvous. |
| 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. |
|
(Return to top) (Return to Rendezvous page)
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
|
(Return to top) (Return to Rendezvous page)
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.
|
(Return to top) (Return to Rendezvous page)
|