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Green River Rendezvous Schedule of Events
July 9 - 12, 2009 in Pinedale, Wyoming
Always the 2nd FULL weekend in July 

Note: The 2009 schedule is not yet solidified. We will post events as the organizers give us their information. 2009 events will be similar to previous years. Please see the 2008 shown below to get an idea of the events which will be taking place. Also see our July New Archives for photo galleries and news stories of previous Rendezvous Days.
Museum Schedule | Chamber of Commerce Schedule

"Meet me on the Green!"
Updated October 14, 2008
If you are from out of town, make your lodging reservations ASAP for that weekend.

Pinedale Motels | Guest Ranches | Campgrounds

Thursday, July 10, 2008 | Friday, July 11, 2008 | Saturday, July 12, 2008 | Sunday, July 13, 2008

Museum Full Schedule | Michael Terry | American Mountain Men | Children/Museum | Fur Trade Forum Schedule

2008 Highlights
Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Forum & Journal
Museum of the Mountain Man (MMM)
Living History programs
MMM
Michael Terry
Plains Indian Historian, next to MMM
American Mountain Men (AMM) Demonstrations
MMM
Rendezvous Parade Saturday 11 am, Pine Street
Rendezvous Pageant Sunday 1 pm, Rendezvous Grounds (by rodeo grounds)
Rendezvous Ramble Saturday morning walk/run
Trader's Row Period authentic trade goods between Faler's and Sublette Center
Art & Craft Fair booths Along Pine Street
Pancake breakfast
Pinedale Community UUC Rendezvous Pancake Breakfast
Rendezvous Pie Sale
St Andrews in the Pines Episcopal Church
Buffalo Burger Lunch
MMM
Rendezvous Rodeo Thursday-Saturday evening, Pinedale Rodeo Grounds
Prairie Mass at DeSmet Monument Sunday morning
Beard Cutting & Shave Sunday afternoon, Stockman's
Rendezvous Rodeo And fireworks

Event Locations: Living history demonstrations will be at, or next to, the Museum of the Mountain Man. Traders Row will be between Faler’s General Store and the Sublette Center on Bridger Avenue, one block north of Hwy 191. The Rendezvous Parade will run west to east on Hwy 191/Pine Street starting at 11:00 am on Saturday. Parade starts at A to Z Hardware and will run east to Faler's (the highway will be blocked for the parade). The Rendezvous Street Fair and booths will be on both sides of Hwy 191/Pine Street in downtown Pinedale. The Street Fair is sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. The Rendezvous Pageant takes place on Sunday at 1 pm at the Rendezvous Grounds behind the rodeo grounds. Take Hwy 191 headed south out of Pinedale. Less than 1/4 mile out of town, watch for signs to the left for the Rodeo Grounds. Go up the hill and around the rodeo arena. The Rendezvous Grounds bleachers and old fort facade are in back of the rodeo grounds. The Sunday Prairie Mass will be on Sunday at the DeSmet monument outside of Daniel. Take Hwy 191 west, go 11 miles to the Daniel Junction. Take Hwy 189 south through Daniel. Approximately two miles south of Daniel, on the left, watch for signs to the Daniel Cemetery and DeSmet Monument. Take the main gravel road approximately 1 mile in. It dead ends at the cemetery and DeSmet Monument, on the hill overlooking the Green River and Daniel valley.

Information: The new Sublette County Visitor Center in Pinedale will be open! This newly constructed beautiful log building is located in downtown Pinedale on the north side of Pine Street/Hwy 191, right next to the "Cow Mural". Stop by for information, Rendezvous schedule, and to pick up brochures for more local information. The new Visitor Center is a joint cooperative effort between the Sublette County Joint Tourism Promotion Board and the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. Public restrooms available in the Visitor Center building. Public restrooms are also available at both Pinedale town parks

2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Events and times subject to change. We are a small community with many different people, organizations and groups volunteer their time to do the various parts of our Rendezvous events. Some activities are not completely planned and decided until as late as May and June for Rendezvous Days. Please bear with us that we don't have a complete schedule ready by January! We'll post schedule information as it comes available from the various organizers. Please look at the schedule below to get an idea of the kinds of events that will be taking place over Rendezvous Days. Many events repeat from year to year, so this will give you a good idea of the "flavor" of this event. Main contacts for event information are the Museum of the Mountain Man, Sublette County Chamber of Commerce and the Sublette County Rodeo Association. Note: The schedule below is based on the best information we have at the time of this update. Times and events listed below are subject to last minute changes. Be sure to pick up a final schedule at Rendezvous Days, available at the Visitor's Center and Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale.

July 10, 2008 Thursday
9 am - 5 pm

Museum of the Mountain Man (MMM) Gallery & Gift Shop open. The Museum is located on the east side of Pinedale. Take the Fremont Lake Road up the hill appx 1/4 mile. Watch for Museum signs, turn right, then right again

9 am - 6 pm Trader's Row: Authentic beadwork, pelts, period clothing and accessories. Candy Cannon three times a day. Traders Row will be between Faler’s Genral Store and Sublette Center Retirement Center on Bridger Avenue, one block north of Hwy 191. Signs will be posted to direct people. Please do not park in the Sublette Center parking lot which is reserved for its residents.
9 am - 7 pm Rendezvous Street Arts & Craft Fair Vendors on both sides of Pine Street. Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. Thursday through Sunday.
6 pm

Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Reception and 2008 Awards

7 pm Rendezvous Rodeo: Barrel Racing, Senior & Junior Peewee Barres, Breakaway, Calf Roping, Team Roping, Tie Down Roping, Bulls, Bareback, Saddle Bronc, $5 admission, 12 & Under FREE. At the rodeo grounds just south of Pinedale.
7:30 pm Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Editor and Featured Speaker "The Mystery Trails: Andrew Henry and the St. Louis Fur Company’s Controversial Routes of 1809, 1810, and 1811” by Dr. Fred Gowans. North lawn grandstand.
July 11, 2008 Friday  
9 am - 5 pm Museum of the Mountain Man (MMM) Gallery & Gift Shop open
9 am - Noon Tour of the Confluence of the Green River and Horse Creek: Meet at the Museum of the Mountain Man at 9:00 AM. Bring a chair, water and snacks.
9 am - 6 pm

Trader's Row: Authentic beadwork, pelts, period clothing and accessories. Candy Cannon three times a day. Traders Row will be between Faler’s Genral Store and Sublette Center Retirement Center on Bridger Avenue, one block north of Hwy 191. Signs will be posted to direct people. Please do not park in the Sublette Center parking lot which is reserved for its residents.

9 am - 7 pm Rendezvous Street Arts & Craft Fair Vendors on both sides of Pine Street. Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. Thursday through Sunday.
9 am - 10 am AMM Demonstrations: Knives/tools/fire making, MMM, North Ampitheater
10 am - Noon Children's programs by Lapita Frewin, East canopy, adjacent to Micahel Terry's area
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Friends of the Library annual Book Sale  At the Sublette County Library in Pinedale CORRECTION - NO BOOK SALE THIS YEAR
11 am - Noon AMM Demonstrations: Mountain Man Clothing, MMM, North Ampitheater

11 am - 1:30 pm

Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment MMM, East canopy with Indian camp

11 am - 3 pm Buffalo Burger Lunch MMM patio
1 - 2 pm AMM Demonstrations: Beaver Trapping/Skinning/Beaver Fur Press, MMM, North Ampitheater
1 - 3 pm Children's Programs by Lapita Frewin, MMM, East canopy, adjacent to Micahel Terry's area
2 - 4 pm Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal: Guest Speakers and Forum MMM
Held at the North lawn grandstand
"The Trapper's Cache" by Clay Landry
"The Legend of Jed Smith: Fact, Fantasy and Opinion" by James C. Auld
"Sheltering the Fur Trade " by Doyle Reed
"Mountain Man as Mountaineer " by Terrance Ian Dunn
3 - 4 pm AMM Demonstration: Sign Language, MMM, North Ampitheater

3 - 5 pm

Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment MMM, East canopy with Indian camp

7 pm

Rendezvous Rodeo At the Pinedale rodeo grounds. Roughstock, Team Roping, Junior Barrels, 1/2 Pee Wee Barrel Racing

July 12, 2008 Saturday  
7 am Rendezvous Ramble 5-Mile Walk or Run to Fremont Lake Overlook. Start at Tegeler/Allen Agency building, corner of Tyler & Pine Streets, and goes to Fremont Lake overlook. Register any time before the race. $5 entry fee, which includes a race t-shirt. All proceeds to be donated to the McKenzie Meningitis Foundation. Contact Allen Agency Real Estate for more info: 307-367-2812.
7 - 10 am Pinedale Community UUC Rendezvous Pancake Breakfast
Held at the church, 113 S. Maybell. All you can eat. Free will donation.
Feast on pancakes, ham, eggs, juice, coffee and milk. Everyone welcome! An annual event by the church for nearly 20 years!
9 am - 2 pm Rendezvous Pie Sale
You may buy a slice or buy the whole pie! Fruit pies, pecan pies, coconut cream pies, chocoate pies. We have all kinds of pies!  At St Andrews in the Pines Episcopal Church, 534 W Pine Street. Come early for the best selection!
9 am - 6 pm

Trader's Row Authentic beadwork, pelts, period clothing and accessories. Candy Cannon three times a day. Traders Row will be between Faler’s Genral Store and Sublette Center Retirement Center on Bridger Avenue, one block north of Hwy 191. Signs will be posted to direct people. Please do not park in the Sublette Center parking lot which is reserved for its residents.

9 am - 5 pm Street Arts & Craft Vendors on both sides of Pine Street
9 am - 5 pm Museum of the Mountain Man Gallery & Gift Shop open
9 - 11 am AMM Demonstration: Horses, tack and packing, MMM, North Ampitheater
9 - 11 am Children's programs by Lapita Frewin, MMM, East canopy, adjacent to Micahel Terry's area
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Friends of the Library annual Book Sale  At the Sublette County Library in Pinedale CORRECTION - NO BOOK SALE THIS YEAR
11 am Rendezvous Parade
Down Pine Street from A to Z Hardware to Faler's. Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. (Pine Street/Hwy 191 CLOSED to traffic during the parade. Please use side streets.)
11 am - 3 pm Buffalo Burger Lunch MMM patio.
Noon Women's Frying Pan Toss $5 Entry Fee-Trader's Row. Pay out given at the end of event. 1st-50% of purse per event, 2nd-30% of purse per event, 3rd-20% of purse per event.
Noon - 1 pm AMM Demonstrations: Firearms, MMM, North Ampitheater
Noon - 2 pm

Rendezvous Kids Fishing Derby At the Kid's Fishing Pond in Boyd Skinner Memorial Park (2 blocks south of Pinedale Town Hall) Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce, Two Rivers Emporium & Ridley's.

1 pm Rendezvous Horse Shoe Tournament At American Legion Park. Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce..
1 - 3 pm

Children's programs by Lapita Frewin, MMM, East canopy, adjacent to Michael Terry's area

Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment MMM, East canopy with Indian camp

2 - 4 pm Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal: Guest Speakers and Forum MMM
"Antonio Montero and the Portuguese Houses " by Gary Petersen
"The Mountain Men and the Honeybee " by Gage Skinner
"To Preserve Peace on the Frontiers " by Brad Tennant
"The first American who was a Mountain Man " by Jim Hardee
2 - 3 pm AMM Demonstrations: Knives, tools, fire making MMM, North Ampitheater
3:30 - 5 pm Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment MMM, East canopy with Indian camp
4 - 5 pm AMM Demonstrations: Beaver trapping/skinning/fur press MMM, North Ampitheater
6 - 10 pm Block Party - Live Music With special musical guests Jason Eckland and Lonesome Heros. Sponsored by Sublette Chamber of Commerce and Rock Rabbit. Outside stage between Rock Rabbit and Visitor Center.
7 pm Rendezvous Rodeo Finals At the Pinedale rodeo grounds
After the Rodeo "Spirit of the Winds" Fireworks Show Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce. Fireworks set off from the Pinedale ballpark, behind the medical clinic.
8 pm AMM Campfire Stories and Songs MMM, North Ampitheater

July 13, 2008
Sunday

8 am Atlatl, Hawk, Knife, Primitive Bow & Arrow Competition . $5 Entry fee, 25 cents per practice throw. Pay out given at the end of the event. 1st-50% of purse per event, 2nd-30% of purse per event, 3rd-20% of purse per event. Next to Proactive Rehabilitation.
9 am - Noon

American Mountain Man Encampment

9 am - 5 pm  Museum of the Mountain Man Gallery & Gift Shop open
9 am - 10 am AMM Demonstrations: Mountain Man Clothing, MMM, North Ampitheater
10 am - 11 am AMM Demonstrations: Horses, tack and packing, MMM, North Ampitheater
10 am  Prairie Mass at DeSmet Monument
Turn east at marker on Hwy 189 appx 3 miles south of Daniel. Watch for signs for . Daniel Cemetery and DeSmet Monument historical marker sign. Drive down gravel road to site on hill which overlooks the historic Green River Rendezvous grounds. Next to the Daniel Cemetery.
10 am - Noon Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment MMM, East canopy with Indian camp
11 am - Noon AMM Demonstrations: Sign Language MMM, North Ampitheater
Noon - 4 PM Farmer's Market & Impromptu Jam Session All Musicians invited. At Wind River Pizzeria, 4 Country Club Lane.
1 pm  74th annual Rendezvous Pageant
$5 admission at gate.

Rendezvous Pageant Grounds just south of Pinedale (just east of the Rodeo Grounds)   Concessions will be provided by the Lions Club, 11:30 AM. Pageant presented by the Green River Rendezvous Pageant Association.
www.MeetMeontheGreen.com
2:30 - 4 pm Michael Terry Plains Indian Encampment, MMM, East canopy with Indian camp
3 pm Annual Beard Shaving In front of the Cowboy Bar in downtown Pinedale. Sponsored by the Sublette County Chamber of Commerce and Cattle Kate's. Proceeds to go to different charities.

MORE INFORMATION:
Museum of the Mountain Man www.museumofthemountainman.com
1-877-686-6266, 307-367-4101, museummtman@wyoming.com
700 E Hennick, Pinedale, up on the hill overlooking Pinedale, off Fremont Lake Road

Sublette Chamber of Commerce www.SubletteChamber.com
307-367-2242, sublettechamber@wyoming.com
www.MountainManCountry.com, 1-888-285-7282
Located in Pinedale at Tyler Avenue and Pine Street, by the "Cow Mural"

 

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