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Daniel, Wyoming Rendezvous of 1837

By Emily Roth, Northern Arizona University
Near what is today the small western Wyoming town of Daniel, fur traders held the rendezvous of 1837 along the Green River, in the shadow of the Wind River Range of mountains. Over the years, trappers and traders held eight rendezvous in Green River…

Pierre’s Hole Rendezvous of 1832

By Emily Roth, Northern Arizona University
Pierre’s Hole is a valley in Eastern Idaho, located on the west slope of the Teton Mountain Range at an elevation of 6,109 feet. Today, the valley is officially known as Teton Valley, and the Teton River flows through it. The Rocky Mountain Fur…

Bear Lake Rendezvous of 1827

By Emily Roth, Northern Arizona University
Bear Lake is a freshwater body on the Utah–Idaho border that is situated within a small valley, at an elevation of 5,923 feet. Eight miles long and twenty miles wide, calcium carbonates suspended in the lake water give it a unique green-blue hue,…

Cache Valley Rendezvous of 1826

By Emily Roth, Northern Arizona University
Cache Valley is a high mountain valley in northern Utah, near the border with Idaho. Although there has been historical debate as to whether the 1826 rendezvous was held specifically in Cove or Hyrum, the contemporary consensus is that Hyrum is the…

McKinnon, Wyoming: First Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Rendezvous

By Emily Roth, Northern Arizona University
McKinnon is a small town in southwest Wyoming, near the Utah border. Fur traders held the first Rocky Mountain Rendezvous north of present-day McKinnon, along the Henry’s Fork River. Founder William Ashley chose the site in 1825 for its proximity to…
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