Dear 1838 Members,

I feel honored and privileged to serve as your Booshway for this year`s Rendezvous. Hopefully we`ll have some good weather and the river will cooperate a little better this time around. In any case, I`ll try my darndest to do ya`ll proud.

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I feel very honored to be the president of the 1838 Rendezvous Association. We have a very unique historical site to protect and a great group of people willing to help maintain and enhance it as well as keep the “shining times’ alive and well in the 21st century.

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A NOTE OF WELCOME FROM THE SEGUNDO

It is indeed my pleasure to be Kyle’s Segundo at these here doin’s whar shinin’ times once again herald the anniversary of the declaration or our country’s independence and the heyday and approaching demise of the great fur trade era of the American West.

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Anyone else that would like to put on a seminar this year or knows someone who would, please contact Jim or John. They need verbal or written confirmation (refer to the email address written above) so we can get the information on the Web page, in the magazine, and on the schedule in order to post them on the three message boards so visitors and Rendezvouser’s will be able to see what is happening. You can also email Rick "Smokinghawk" Lechner at lechner@tctwest.net with your idea and summary.

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Camp Standards

A Guide to Camping at Rendezvous

Camp standards provide a comfortable starting point. The following standards are almost identical to those established by The Western National Rendezvous and have been in use for decades. If you don’t want to camp according to these standards, you are welcome to visit during visiting hours. Everyone should do the best they can to assemble a camp with clothing and gear that accurately represents human history seen at the site until the end of July in 1838.

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