Tallow River Dispatch

A bunch of old trappers and ladies from Tallow River are just back from the College Rondy, all seemed to be having shining times, the younguns were shooting guns and playing games. Older folks were throwing hawks and going to classes as well as teaching them. Our own Rick & Donna Davis, Nancy Dawdy, Mike Shaver and Linda Paulsen all taught classes. Debra Pollack ran the hawk range. Jim Fox was the Booshway and Jess and Linda Paulsen ran the registration desk. (Jess Paulsen will be the Segundo for next years College Rondy).

You all know by now about the insurance issue with the range, John Callor, our range officer, has been in contact with the company we used a couple years ago and hopefully we will have the range re-opened by Trappers Days.

I have a scout prepared to do his Eagle project that will benefit the Society and Tallow River, his name is Jeremy Fairchild and we wish him well.

If you wish to be in the parade this year please let John Callor Know and he will put you on the list.

I almost forgot, two of our hardy (fool) mountain men went on an overnight trek during the College Rondy. Jerry Clower and Mike Mount. We took them near the top of Kenosha pass and they made their way back to the rendezvous with many stories to tell, wild animals, violent storms, hostile Indians, etc.

WORK PARTY TO STAKE OUT THE FORT AND PREPARE FOR TRAPPER DAYS

There will be a work party August 28 & 29 starting at 9AM. This work party will stake out the fort and conduct a general cleanup for TRAPPER DAYS.

We hope to see you there for this momentous occasion.

TRT MEETING Thursday September 9 at 5:30PM at the cantina.

There will be a TRT meeting Thursday, September 9 at 5:30PM at the cantina. There will be a potluck. The potluck will start at 5:30PM with the meeting to follow.

THE RANGE IS CLOSED DUE TO INSURANCE PROBLEMS

UP AND COMING RENDEZVOUS

Please send me the info on any Rendezvous you would like to see posted and I will report it in the next dispatch.

August 25-29 – Como Mountain Man Rendezvous – In Lost Park South of Jefferson – Follow signs out of Jefferson. For more info call 719-836-2698. This is another small rendezvous, but lots of fun.

September 2-6 – Ft Bridger Rendezvous, Wyoming off I-80 at Ft Bridger Wyoming, about a 7 hour drive from Denver. This rendezvous is not for everybody (in fact at times it is a zoo), but the traders are the best and plenty of them. Info: Ft. Bridger Rendezvous Association
PO Box 9, Woodruff, UT 84086
www.fortbridgerrendezvous.net
Contact: Bourgeois: Dennis (Horse Doctor) Thorup (307) 799-5160 or zookeeper777@hotmail.com
Segundo: Don (Deer skinner) Birch (307) 786-2698 or hunter@bvea.net
Scribe: Traci Hardy (435) 793-4570

September 9-12 Trapper Days Rendezvous, Ft Lupton. This is our own rendezvous. Lots of fun and lots of activities, and the best part is, it is close. Contact Dave or Bunny

September 17-19 Hunter’s Widow Rendezvous, Ft Lupton. Another TRT sponsored event for women & children only. It is like a big rendezvous style slumber party. Contact Michele Cyr or Donna Bear

January 7-10, 2005 – Wyoming Winter Convention, Casper, Wyoming. This is a fun rendezvous held in the Holiday Inn in Casper. No tents or lodges to put up for this one, stay in the hotel. The traders are good and the Saturday evening dinner and dance is fun.

MONTHLY SHOOT September 12 at 10AM (TENTATIVE – contact a TRT officer before heading out)

SEPTEMBER 12 MONTHLY TRT SHOOT – 10AM -TENTATIVE – contact a TRT officer before heading out)

TRAPPER CRAFTERS There will be no trapper crafters meeting until October (we are too busy attending rendezvous). Check the September dispatch for the date and location.

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