Mountain Man
Mark Eatinger plays Captain Benjamin Bonneville in the Rendezvous Pageant.
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2018 Green River Rendezvous
by Pinedale Online!
July 17, 2018
Pinedale held their annual Green River Rendezvous days Thursday through Sunday, July 12 – 15, 2018. The event celebrates the traditional summer gathering of the mountain men, trappers and Indians with the trader caravans on the rendezvous grounds on the Green River west of Pinedale in the early 1800s. The annual event is a time for reuniting with friends, family reunions, high school reunions, weddings, and all around good times celebrating past and present day rendezvous reunions in Pinedale.
Highlights of the event included the 83rd annual Green River Rendezvous Pageant, three days of rodeos, living history programs at the Museum of the Mountain Man, a parade, traders row, street vendors, the 2nd annual Western Art & Wine Auction, the annual Pinedale Library book sale, a 3-on-3 Basketball tournament at the Pinedale Aquatic Center, a children’s fishing derby at the Pinedale town park, the annual Rendezvous Ramble 5-mile early morning walk, Rendezvous Pie Sale, the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal Forum, rededication of the Trappers Point historical site monument, Bad Hand Plains, Indians encampment & living history talks, the Wind River Native American Dancers, live music around town, American Mountain Men demonstrations and campfire stories, Lions Club BBQ, DeSmet Mass overlooking the rendezvous grounds and picnic in Daniel, and annual Rendezvous Beard Shaving & Calcutta fundraiser, and much more!
Hats off and a big thank you to all the people working countless hours behind the scenes to organize all the events and help make everything run smoothly for the thousands of people who come each year to be a part of the fun.
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