We got an email from one of our visitors who lives in Florida, she was intrigued by the hide dresses of the Indian women and asked if by any chance they washed them, and if, then how? Our historian Jim Hardee helped us reply to her in telling us the Yucca root is just one [&helli...
Looking through some of our archives we came across a book that once belonged to local P.W Jenkins, who petitioned for Pinedale to be part of a new county, and now has a large collection of his items in the museum. This book, entitled, LaBonte was a review of the original peice b...
Did you know, that before Yellowstone was a National Park a group of Native Americans called the Shoshone or “Sheep Eaters” inhabited the area. Contrary to popular belief, this tribe was quite inventive, and intelligent. Instead of using horses to carry and pack in th...
To those who have ever read Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” can recall with quite fondness and curiosity the character of the Mad Hatter. In his book, and later in the Walt Disney cartoon, The Mad Hatter was portrayed as a lively, witty ...
An Interview with Richard Ashburn. “Mr. Ashburn how long have you been a mountain man?” “30 years” “And what initially drew you to it?” “Probably my love of nature, I’m very intrigued just by the whole era, and I appreciate that it ...
An Interview with Jim Langstein… “How long have you been a Mountain Man?” “37 years” “What drew you to this way of life?” “My Dad gave me my first black powdered rifle when I was 14, I started going to Rendezvous and decided this wa...
An Interview with Mr. Mike “Silver-Hawk” Powell (our Museum Factor) “Hi Mike, How long have you been a Mountain Man?” “Well, I’ve studied primitive stone and bone since 1990, bought my first Teepee in ’92 and joined the AMM in 1998.”...
Today’s Mountain Man Term is: Cache – A safe place, often hidden, for storage of food and other supplies. The mountain man, whether an explorer, a trader, or a trapper, cached goods for several reasons. The explorer could lighten his load for a difficult part o...
Rufus B. Sage Rufus B. Sage was an American writer, journalist and later a mountain man. He is known as the author of Scenes in the Rocky Mountains published in 1846, depicting the life of fur trappers. Rufus B. Sage was born on March 17, 1817 to the family of Deacon Rufus...
When it comes to fur trade history there is nothing quite as well known as the 100 enterprising young men ad. This first call for adventurous and ambitious mountain men has been known as what started it all. This advertisement appeared in Missouri Gazette & Public Advertiser...
AMERICAN MOUNTAIN MEN ASSOCIATION Brief History of the American Mountain Men By Walt Hayward The organization “The American Mountain Men” was started in 1968 by Walt Hayward. Of the original seven members, five; Walt Hayward, Fred Hutto, Ken Smith, Dennis Jackson, Sta...
As the oldest Historical Society in the State of Wyoming, the Sublette County Historical Society was originally established in 1935 for the preservation of historic sites of the fur trade and rendezvous, marking of settler graves and trails and to collect all records, documents a...
In 1853, Louis Vasquez a good friend and business partner of Jim Bridger, had this 40 caliber half-stock rifle engraved J. Bridger 1853, and presented it to Jim for reasons still unknown. Perhaps it had something to do with their long business association or possibly it was due...
Permanent Exhibit Upper Gallery This exhibit offers a broad overview of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains and specifically the Green River Valley between 1820 and 1840. Displays include trappers’ equipment on loan from the American Mountain Men Association, a diorama of a Re...
Permanent ExhibitUpper Gallery While hunting near the headwaters of South Dakota’s Grand River to supply the 1823 Ashley fur trapping party with food, Glass encountered a sow grizzly bear and her two cubs. The enraged bear charged and severely mauled the mountain man. Believing...
The most powerful short bow of the Native American horse culture, sheephorn bows were backed and wrapped with sinew for increased strength and recoil. Such a bow was a prized possession. ...
One of the highlights of the Museum of the Mountain Man is the full-scale replica of American Horse’s tipi, which stands in the center rotunda of the museum’s main exhibit gallery. The 20′ diameter, brain-tanned buffalo hide tipi is one of the few buffalo-hide tipis in ...
Permanent Exhibit Upper Gallery Theater The Winchester Arms Collectors Association introduced its first commemorative repeating rifles in 1964, coinciding with the Wyoming Diamond Jubilee. Each commemorative specifically honors a significant person, group, event, or institution i...
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Joint Press Release February 3rd, 2010 Sublette County and Sublete County Historical Society Sublette County acquires rare fur-trade documents Auction a ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ Sublette County and the Sublette County Historical Society are proud to announce t...
