SMOKE SIGNALS

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YEAR AND LOCATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS, 

1825 - 1840

• 1825 Henry's Fork of the Green River, Wyoming

• 1826 Cache Valley (near present Hyrum), Utah

• 1827 Bear Lake, Utah

• 1828 Bear Lake, Utah

• 1829 Upper Popo Agie, near Lander, Wyoming

• 1830 Wind River headwaters near Riverton, Wyoming.

• 1831 Supply train did not reach the rendezvous area in time, so no rendezvous was held.

• 1832 Pierre's Hole, Idaho

• 1833 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming

• 1834 Ham's Fork, Wyoming

• 1835 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming

• 1836 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming

• 1837 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming

• 1838 Wind River at the mouth of Popo Agie Wyoming

• 1839 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming

• 1840 Green River near Horse Creek, Wyoming. This was the last of the great Rocky Mountain Rendezvous.

FAVORITE WINTERING- CAMPS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN

• Thompson's River, Montana

• Yellowstone (now Livingston), Montana

• Taos, New Mexico

• San Luis Valley, New Mexico

• Brown's Hole

• Ogden, Utah

• White River, Utah

• Cache Valley, Utah

• Smoke River, Idaho

TYPES OF LODGES USED BY THE MOUNTAIN MEN

• Trapper's cabin. - This was a small, one-room log cabin, usually having a sod roof.

• Tipi - The mountain man did adopt the skin lodge of the Indian. These were often old tipi's the Indian no longer wanted. Usually obtained through trading with the Indian.

• Lean-to - If caught in bad weather, the mountain man would often construct a lean-to where he was. Naturally, these were made from whatever could be found in the area.

• Trade fort - Mountain men were sometimes known to winter in a trade fort. More often than not they were at odds with the factor and not really welcome.

• Buffalo robes green earth, and open sky - This was the favorite lodge of the mountain man, the one he spent most of his life in.

See you down the trail

Mike Moore

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