Student/Jr. Rendevous
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The Jr. Rendezvous is an educational program created by Fort Henry Buckskinners Co-founder and dear departed Friend Deon Davenport. Deon was known to us as the mountain man “Curly”. His idea and belief was to create an atmosphere where the students of today could have a chance to see the forgotten heroes of the past.
Using accurate dress and lingo, our members volunteer their time and assets, to demonstrating the large variety of skills needed in the everyday life of the 18 century frontiersman. We use different aspects in our stations to portray the trapper’s life and skills such as: blacksmithing, fire starting, fur trapping and black powder shooting. There is also storytelling that is performed live in each session. There are typically 8 different stations that last 15 minutes each, for a total of two hours of fun filled learning. Young and old have come to love and enjoy our attempts at painting these pictures of this romantic and adventurous time period. |
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The Student Rendezvous is put on near Rigby, Idaho at Krupp Scout Hallow. This year (2016) will be the 25th year of this great opportunity for the 4th grade students of Idaho to get a visual experience to go along with their studies of Idaho history. This year we are providing 3 days of morning sessions with afternoon sessions upon request. This is meant to better coincide with the school schedules. Morning sessions are from 9:00 AM to 11:30 PM. Afternoon sessions will be from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Dates for 2016 are set for May 4, 5, and 6. We invite all public, private, and home schooled children to come and observe our creation of the fur trapping era.
Curly’s vision and dedication has served as the foundation and building blocks that has set the standard of this unique educational program. But he would be the first to say that the commitment and passion of the members of the Fort Henry Buckskinners is what makes our program the success it is today. This idea keeps children coming year after year to see a little bit of living history.
For more information see our annual FLYER link for details / contacts page and feel free to email us.
Curly’s vision and dedication has served as the foundation and building blocks that has set the standard of this unique educational program. But he would be the first to say that the commitment and passion of the members of the Fort Henry Buckskinners is what makes our program the success it is today. This idea keeps children coming year after year to see a little bit of living history.
For more information see our annual FLYER link for details / contacts page and feel free to email us.
