Two women sat under the shade of a tent as they spun yarn and chatted on Sunday afternoon. The yarn would eventually become the wool and linen garments typical of the fur trade era — pre-1840s — ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. “Sales are going swimmingly,” Sunshine Kirkpatrick of Two Turtles Trading Post said as she sat ...

HAGERMAN • Want to live like a mountain man for a weekend? Then join members of the Southern Idaho Muzzleloaders Association as they meet up and camp at Billingsley Creek State Park north of Hagerman ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. If you want to hear some tall tales, learn to use an atlatl, watch a felt hat being made or see a ...

Hundreds of scouts from across San Luis Obispo County visited the Santa Margarita Ranch on Saturday for the annual Mountain Man Rendezvous. Scouts from the Cuesta District of Scouting America enjoyed ...

Woolly Hollow State Park will be hosting it’s annual Mountain Man Rendezvous from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15–17. There is no fee for this event. Dramatizing the rugged life of Early Explorers and ...

RIVERTON - "Come on, Magpie, you can do it." "Oh, man, it went out." "Get a nest going for it, guys." "Gotta spark, hurry up." "We got it." And the campfire was lit, the old-fashioned way, by catching ...

The Carson City Historical Society will host a discussion with Ben Merrell and Stan Cleaves, members of the Eagle Valley Muzzleloaders, at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 in the Carriage House behind the ...

The Tioga Mountain Men, a local traditional black powder shooting club, wishes to invite everyone to join in the fun at their annual summer rendezvous, to be held on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 3-5, ...

Tall tales, amazing scenes, and trickery of the fur trade -- Heading for the mountains -- Trappers and their trade -- Mountain women -- Famous trappers -- Rendezvous -- Critics of the fur trade -- ...

Welcome to the Beehive Archive — your weekly bite-sized look at some of the most pivotal — and peculiar — events in Utah history. With all of the history and none of the dust, the Beehive Archive is a ...