EVENTS
605 Tries HUGH GLASS RENDEZVOUS
For many years, Lemmon local LaQuita Shockley felt the history created in the town’s own backyard was highly overlooked. “Since Hugh Glass was the ultimate frontiersman and ‘mountain man,’ it seemed like the Mountain Man Rendezvous setting was the ideal tie-in to share his story of survival and educate our modern world on the lifestyles, work hazards, and conditions that our early frontiersman faced here on the Dakota plains 200 years ago,” explained Shockley. A Mountain Man Rendezvous is a historical event and reenactment that celebrates the fur trade era, typically of the American West. The annual gathering of people, often dressed in period clothing, recreates the social and commercial activities of mountain men, traders, and Native Americans. These rendezvous are held in various locations, and include activities like trading, crafting demonstrations, and socializing. Sharing this concept with others, Shockley says it took some years of sharing until “the spark ignited like a prairie fire.”
“Other like-minded individuals got on board and worked to make this event become a reality,” she said. Two of those like-minded individuals were Pete and Sherry Gusenius who had the only Mountain Man Rendezvous experience. “The event would have never gotten off the ground (or out of my imagination) had it not been for them, their knowledge and experience, and willingness to participate and lead the camp,” recalled Shockley.
written by Alana Snyder + photos by Alana & John Snyder
THE ROAD TRIP ISSUE may 2025
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