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

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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

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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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Ragged, tired students decorate the halls. A groan is emitted as the crepe Paper streamers crash to the floor. Wearily the frosh tape them up again. Face homecoming burnout Classes Tammy Hicks 66 e've Got It! Some organizations wondered if this were true. Although the public was involved in homecoming this year in many aspects, many classes and clubs commented on the lack of student participation in decorating and in gaining points for competition. Classes decorated designated building areas at the week's beginning. The Seniors decorated with clouds and a large cardboard jetg class officers said they were afraid it wouldn't be completed in time Decorating hallways. S is for senior. Brenda McCreary cuts and outlines letters for the senior hall. Junior float. Although weather threatened the success of the parade, junior king and queen candidates Carl Menck and Amye Larsen bravely defy the gusts. I8 Homecoming for judging Wednesday morning. Many of the seniors worked late with their advisors to finish the decorations. They took second place. The Juniors ran out of paper streamers and had to purchase more in Mt. View. Despite this, their hall took first place. Sophomores were disappointed with the help they received from class members in decorating the school entrance. However, they did considerably well. The Freshmen had to redo their decorations as they fell down once. Teacher Del Turner noted, The Freshmen did well for their first year, the Sophomores' entrance looked nice, the Juniors' rainbow effect outside my door looks good, and the Seniors' looks good as always. Float decorating for classes and clubs began at the first of the week also. The clubs were disappointed with the help they received. Joe Brodine noted, 'sThere wasn't enough chorus participation. Brodine also noted other problems, We couldn't find any napkins in Bridger Valley so we had to have people get them in Evanston and other places. Classes and the faculty competed in group volleyball games. Winning teams played each other and then the faculty Senior David Smith said, lt looks fun and is a good way to get everybody to participate.