The Fur Rendezvous has been a staple of Alaska winter life for nearly 90 years. Founded in 1935, the festival started as a celebration that coincided with miners and trappers coming to town to sell ...

SEQUIM — The Green River Mountain Men host its annual rendezvous at the Peninsula Long Rifle Association’s property off Slab Camp Road this weekend. This re-enactment of the annual fur trappers’ ...

Feb. 19—The Fur Rendezvous has been a staple of Alaska winter life for 90 years. Founded in 1935, the festival started as a celebration that coincided with miners and trappers coming to town to sell ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

BEMIDJI -- Despite threatening weather and chanting anti-fur protesters, about 4,000 people enjoyed the annual Minnesota Trappers Association Rendezvous. The get-together had something for every ...

Winter in Alaska inspires one-of-a-kind travel to-do lists often topped by aurora borealis viewing, winter solstice events and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. And from Feb. 28 to March 8, a winter ...

CAIRO — On the edge of the Sandhills, along the banks of the Loup River, outside Cairo, the High Plains Regional Rendezvous is taking place this week. The weeklong event recreates a pre-1840 ...

Local fur trappers have two get-togethers scheduled in September. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept 9, there’s the Solon Fur Rondy at the Solon Sportsman’s Club, 4475 Sportsman Road in Solon, Cortland County ...

In the 1800s, traders from the east loaded up wagonloads of goods, hardware, gunpowder, bullets and traps, and headed west for Jackson Hole in the Wyoming territory. There, they met up with mountain ...

Typical life of 19th century fur trappers: Trap beavers, sell pelts at a rendezvous, party for two weeks, blow through wad of cash, borrow money to buy supplies, trap beavers to pay off debt.