30th Annual Fort Union Rendezvous, June 14-17, 2011
Public Activities Schedule (Subject to Change)
Park hours 8-8, central daylight time.
Thursday, June 16 (All times are Central Daylight Time)
All DayCamp & Traders Row setup and operation
9:30-6:45Trade House Operation, FortUnion staff
9:30-1:00blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
10:00-12:00 Jeff & Kathy Brown, canoes of thefur trade
(camp site)
10:00-3:00 Period Games for Young People (courtyard)
1:00-5:00 Guy Pontoriero, blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
1:00 -Joshua Albanese, Bow Making (camp site)
2:00 - Mark Baker - Headliner(clerk’s office)
3:00-Chris Floyd, Métis hunter (camp site)
4:00 -Cathy Kirkpatrick, beaver skinning (fort awning 1)
Friday, June 18
All DayCamp & Traders Row setup and operation
9:30-6:45Trade House operation, Fort Union Staff
10:00-1:00 blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
11:00 - Bob Gray, flint knapping (camp awning)
Mark Morain, gunsmithing (camp site)
11:00-5:00Gordon Lucht, pottery making (camp awning)
10:00-3:00Tribal language and culture groups (camp site)
12:00-John Curry & Dave Carr, flintlock firing demonstration (river bank)
12:00 -Jeff Brown, “Fort Union Floatto the Confluence”
(river’s edge)
12:30-Ron Garritson, sign talking (camp awning)
1:00-5:00 Tom Brown, blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
1:00 -Joshua Albanese, Bow Making (camp site)
2:00 -Mark Baker - Headliner(clerk’s office)
3:00 -Cathy Kirkpatrick, beaver skinning (fort awning 1)
3:30-Chris Floyd, Métis Hunter (camp site)
4:00-Ken Woody/Ron Garritson/Dave Carr, trade scene (trade house)
Saturday, June 19
All DayCamp & Traders Row Operation
9:00-10:3010K Fun Run, American State Bank(park entrance)
9:30-6:45Trade House operation, FortUnion staff
11:00-2:00 blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
11:00-5:00 Gordon Lucht, pottery making (camp awning)
11:30-3:00Tribal language and culture groups (camp site)
12:00 -Rendezvous Run Special Presenter - Levi Horn – Chicago Bear and enrolled member of the Cheyenne Nation (clerk’s office)
12:30-Ron Garritson, sign talking (camp awning)
1:00 - Cathy Kirkpatrick. beaver skinning (fort awning 1)
1:00 - Dave Carr, flintlock firing demonstration (river bank)
1:00-3:00 Jeff & Kathy Brown, canoes of the fur trade(camp site)
2:00 - Mark Baker - Headliner(clerk’s office)
2:00-5:00 Tom Brown, blacksmithing (blacksmith shop)
2:30 - Joshua Albanese, Bow Making (camp site)
3:00 - Chris Floyd, Métis Hunter(camp site)
3:30-Rod Lassey, brain tanning (west shed)
4:00 -Ken Woody/Ron Garritson/Dave Carr/trade scene (trade house)
Bob Gray, flint knapping (camp awning)
Mark Morain, gunsmithing (camp site)
8:00-12:00 Gabe Brien - Métis, period music & dance (fort grounds)
*period dress required for dance
Sunday,June 20
All DayCamp & Traders Row operation
9:30-6:45Trade House operation, FortUnion staff
10:00-3:00 Gordon Lucht, pottery making (camp awning)
11:00-3:00 blacksmith (blacksmith shop)
12:00 - Cathy Kirkpatrick, beaver skinner (fort awning 1)
12:00-1:00 Jeff & Kathy Brown, canoes of thefur trade
(camp site)
12:30 -Bob Gray, flintknapper (camp awning)
Mark Morain, gunsmithing (camp site)
1:00- Bagpipers (courtyard)
2:00 -Mark Baker - Headliner(clerk’s office)
2:30 - Joshua Albanese, Bow Making (camp site)
3:00 -Chris Floyd, Métis Hunter (camp site)
Dave Carr, flintlock firing demonstration (river bank)
3:30- Rod Lassey, brain tanning (west shed)
Ron Garritson, sign talking (camp awning)