Two women sat under the shade of a tent as they spun yarn and chatted on Sunday afternoon. The yarn would eventually become the wool and linen garments typical of the fur trade era — pre-1840s — ...

Back then, the fur companies set the date and place, and at the appointed time, trappers would converge on places like Pierre's Hole, Idaho; Sweet Lake, Utah; and a smattering of places on the Green ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. “Sales are going swimmingly,” Sunshine Kirkpatrick of Two Turtles Trading Post said as she sat ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. If you want to hear some tall tales, learn to use an atlatl, watch a felt hat being made or see a ...

Hundreds of scouts from across San Luis Obispo County visited the Santa Margarita Ranch on Saturday for the annual Mountain Man Rendezvous. Scouts from the Cuesta District of Scouting America enjoyed ...

Woolly Hollow State Park will be hosting it’s annual Mountain Man Rendezvous from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15–17. There is no fee for this event. Dramatizing the rugged life of Early Explorers and ...

The Tioga Mountain Men of Coos County is pleased to announce their upcoming Annual Winter Rendezvous, to be held Feb. 1 and 2 at Rooke-Higgins Park, located about 10 miles east of Coos Bay on the road ...

HAGERMAN • Want to live like a mountain man for a weekend? Then join members of the Southern Idaho Muzzleloaders Association as they meet up and camp at Billingsley Creek State Park north of Hagerman ...

Tall tales, amazing scenes, and trickery of the fur trade -- Heading for the mountains -- Trappers and their trade -- Mountain women -- Famous trappers -- Rendezvous -- Critics of the fur trade -- ...

The Tioga Mountain Men, a local traditional black powder shooting club, wishes to invite everyone to join in the fun at their annual summer rendezvous, to be held on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 3-5, ...

The Carson City Historical Society will host a discussion with Ben Merrell and Stan Cleaves, members of the Eagle Valley Muzzleloaders, at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 in the Carriage House behind the ...

VIRGINIA CITY — The smell of smoke and buckskin drifted through Virginia City on Friday morning as the historic town’s Daylight Creek Rendezvous got underway. At about 11 a.m., only a handful of ...