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 ...

This Is The Place Heritage Park is Utah's own Colonial Williamsburg, a living-history attraction where one can step back in time and experience life as the pioneers of the old West did. This Is The ...

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He’s hanging up his buckskins. Gilbert “Gib” Larsen, of North Platte, has been a common sight at mountain man rendezvous in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado for the past 35 years. However, health ...

OGDEN — A spring tradition for history buffs, modern-day mountain men and those curious about what life was like during the apex of the North American fur trade in the 19th century will return to Fort ...

Chief John J. Zirwas of the Red Eagle Village is on a mission: to ensure that Native American heritage is not forgotten. Zirwas is a member of the Shawnees-a tribe rooted in the northeastern woodlands ...

What makes the Mountain Man Rendezvous different from your average summer festival? Leather fringe, for starters. Many of the participants dress like Davy Crockett, set up camp in tepees and cook over ...

RIVERTON - "Come on, Magpie, you can do it." "Oh, man, it went out." "Get a nest going for it, guys." "Gotta spark, hurry up." "We got it." And the campfire was lit, the old-fashioned way, by catching ...

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 -- ...