Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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Fort visitors invade the 1800 mountain man land Where arterers rendezvous Leza Chapman ountain men from all over came to the rendezvous to get drunk, gamble and trade news. Indian lodges dotted the landscape and streams of smoke snaked their way into the blue sky. Labor Day weekend brought to Bridger Valley the annual Fort Bridger Rendezvous with an attendance of about 30,000 people. The Rendezvous was an attempt to re-enact the historical meetings of mountain men and Indians for the purpose of trading furs and crafts. Toker Timothy Many Hats of Utah was in charge of organizing the FN 4 mer Rendezvous shopper. Silver fox pelts tempt Shaun Dotson Mountain man. A young boy confers with a frontier man. Circle game. The hoop dance requires skill and dexterity. Rendezvous visitors watch the intricate performance ofa hoop dancer during the Pow Wow. l6 Rendezvous event. An effort was made, Many Hats said, to make the rendezvous more organized and true to the period. We succeeded in many areas, but there is still room for improvement. Once the traders get set up and get their modern vehicles off the grounds, he said, the setting is designed so the visitor can step into the traderfprimitive lodge area and be transformed back to the early l800,S. Crafts of the 1800's drew prospective customers. Buckskin clothes sold for 3200, but tourists always bought them. They can sweet-talk you into buying just about anything, said Jeanette McDonald, a shopper. The general public enjoyed activities like Indian powwows, tug-of-wars, and eating scones sold by the Presbyterian Church. Lori Jensen pulled dough at the scone booth. Working in the booth is okay, but only for short periods of time, because if you stay there all day, you miss everything, said Jensen. It's pretty interesting to watch people. You see some pretty different types there.

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It's sometimes a pain asking for rides, but it's a lot better than Riding the school bus Spinner Jones warming into the parking Rollins. vehicles. Cy Cambell called his lot, cars, trucks, and Students like Jack Brown truck Blue Beast. Others were motorcycles raced for used shoe leather as Charlie Bluemel's 72 Ford parking spaces, while buses transportation. It's the same pickup Flame,,, Spencer Eyre's dumped students at school. distance to the bus stop as it is 61 Chevy pickup 'fCecil and Most students didn't enjoy the to school from my house, Kellee Eyre's 69 Buick Brown bus. Todd Covolo said, I don't Brown said. Bomb. ride the bus because of a bunch Students drove cars for the Cars were expensive. Gas, of little snotty nosed brats that social statusf' Robert Platts, insurance, and maintenance ate beat up on me. Students noted who drove a blue Camaro Blue money. Ag. Instructor Rex the problem resulted as bus Thunder, said, Girls notice Hamner, referring to his 57 drivers prohibited the older kids my car and then they notice Chevy pickup The Pig, said, to touch the younger ones. 'gIt's mef' Kelly Souther said, My Whenever I'm financially sometimes a pain asking for car ain't pretty, but it gets me broke, it breaks down. rides, but it's a lot better than riding the bus, said Rawdy where I want to go. Students also named their Wheels in the clouds. Flying high, Lance Walker makes a name for himself by plac- ing l3th in the class 80 race at the Nation- al Motorcross Competition in Ponca City, Okla. Motorcycle racing was a popular activity for some ofthe students who used the local track. Transportation I5

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Pow Wow. Afternoons and evenings of the Rendezvous allow time for the gathering of tribes and mountain men. Dressed in his ceremonial garb. an Indian performs one of his tribal dances. Contests and games ofthe 1800's like climbing greased poles and chasing greased pigs also allowed people to indulge in good-natured fun. EaglefPeople. Four cameras are the norm for People photographer Stephen Ellison who gives advice to Eagle reporter Teresa Nelson about photography careers. Assemblage draws magazine ttracted by the interesting people who flooded to the Fort Bridger Rendezvous each year, People magazine featured it in the Sept. 12, 1986, issue. Loaded with 30 rolls of film, People photographer Stephen Ellison was assigned to take pictures of the events and people for five pictures needed for the magazine's layout. Cathy Free of Salt Lake City provided the text. Ellison, interviewed by Eagle Magazine reporter Teresa Nelson, said the rendezvous was fun, had a good crowd turnout and was a nice place for a family outing. He added the magazine was featuring the different types of people attending the rendezvous like the weekend warriors who wear business suits during the week and then dress up as mountain men and the tourists who come to observe. A professional photographer for nine years, Ellison worked five of those with People. Rendezvous l7