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Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« on: August 27, 2011, 04:55:17 PM »
So is anyone here going to be at the Trapper Days Rondy in Ft Lupton, Colorado, the weekend of September 9th through the 11th?
 
I've gone a few times over the years and its a good group of people.
 
http://www.spvhs.org/fliers/2011TrapperDays.pdf
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 05:25:44 AM »
Why on earth would anyone schedule a rendezvous on the opening day on muzzleloading deer & elk seasons?
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 10:26:12 AM »
Kinda makes ya wonder.
 
.....but since I didn't make the draw for this year, what the heck.
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2011, 01:17:12 PM »
Tha Rondy started today...I'll be there tomorrow. Tonight I'm headed over to my Dad's house to help him finish getting a few clothing items taken care of at the last minute. I don't get it, we've only been talking about this for a few weeks now.
 
There is a candlelight shoot at dark-thirty tonight, but it looks like I'll be busy. Tomorrow I'll be at the shoot with my dad and my Son-In-Law. He's very new to black powder, but already he's a good shot with a well sighted smoke pole.
 
I'll take the camera and post a few photos of what the weekend held for us.
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2011, 06:42:18 PM »
Look forward to the pictures!!
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2011, 05:04:28 PM »
The Trapper Days cellibration is over...I had a great time. A little smaller this year, sad to see that happen. I always intend to take pictures....I realy do. Here's a few of what I did get...I hope that you enjoy them.
 

 
One of the instructors at the T.Hawk Throw
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2011, 05:05:41 PM »
The T.Hawk is getting ready to start and here are few of the contestants.
 
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2011, 05:07:12 PM »
One of the regulars, nice sample of western dress from the mountain man era.
 

 
 
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2011, 05:08:48 PM »
My Dad and Lew loading a Colt Patterson at the range.
 

 
That's a Colt Walker in the foreground.
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2011, 05:10:19 PM »
Lew ringing the 100 yard gong with his Colt Patterson. I was amazed at how many times Lew could ping that gong with a pistol.  ???
 
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2011, 05:15:01 PM »
Well there you have it. The Ft Lupton Trapper Days is over for another year.
 
There will be more events coming up later this year. I'll be reviving the thread and posting those events as they approach. I'll try to be better at taking pictures. I have issues... :o
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2011, 05:21:36 PM »
Wanted to make it there. Looks like a lot of fun.
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2011, 02:06:01 AM »
Quote from: Rock Home Isle on September 11, 2011, 05:15:01 PM
Well there you have it. The Ft Lupton Trapper Days is over for another year.
 
There will be more events coming up later this year. I'll be reviving the thread and posting those events as they approach. I'll try to be better at taking pictures. I have issues... :o
The file sizes of your photos are about 10x too high for Internet use.  Set your camera for lower quality.  You're shooting hard-copy quality. 
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 11:32:12 AM »
The Ft Lupton Historical Society has a Hot Irons Rondy coming up in early October...I'll have to think about that one for a minute or so. I'll post that info as it gets closer to the date.
 
The Rondy that I'm intrested in is the Colorado Colonial Encampment. I'm interested in this gathering because F&I and early American Revolution are two time periods that have my attention and interest. So this is the Rondy that I'll definately go to next...you betcha.  8)
 
I've posted the linki to the information if anybody else is intrested in attending.
http://www.spvhs.org/flers/2011ColonialEncampment.pdf
 
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2011, 11:35:03 AM »
Just noiced that there will be a Colonial Skills competition at the Colonial Gathering...it looks interesting.
 
Here's the link if you would to know more about this activity.
http://www.spvhs.org/flers/2011Colonial%20Frontier%20Skills%20Competition.pdf
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson"

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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2011, 05:50:13 AM »
On the weekend of October 6th - 9th there will be w Hot Irons Rondy at the Ft Lupton Site.
 
Here is the Link:
 
http://www.spvhs.org/fliers/2011HotIronRondy.pdf
 
All Rondies have their rules and eher are the rules for the Ft Lupton Group:
 
http://www.spvhs.org/imagedocuments/CampRulesTRT.pdf

 
Hope to see you there.  8)
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson"

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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2011, 04:49:53 PM »
The colonial gathering is this weekend at the Ft Lupton Rondy Site. I've been a few weeks recovering from emergency surgurey and I'm just going nuts to get out of the house. My recovery has been day to day, but I'll be there at the site on Saturday for at least a few hours, if I'm doing well. My dear wife said that she'd drive there so that I could take it all in for a bit.
 
I'll probably be in my colonial garb, but I don't think that I can handle any shooting just yet. Some things, like putting on my shoes, are still just to painfull.
 
Hope to see a few of you there.  8)
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson"

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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2011, 08:40:03 AM »
I had a rough night on Friday evening so I was late getting up and getting going on Saturday morning. So I didn't get to the Rondy till after 1:00pm.
 
The shooting was in full force, there must have been 30 or 40 shooters on the line...it was great to see. They were running competitions on the 50 yard line. I wanted very much to join in the competition and I did take my TVM Southern Kentucky; but it was just to carry around and have it with me. My doctor thinks that I probably shouldn't do any shooting for another week or so; and I got to tell yah...its flat killing me.
 
I went down into the camp...it was a very small camp this year. Traders Row was maybe 6 or 7 tents total. But the traders that were there were all very good quality, none of the junk venders showed up and all the venders that were in attendance were stocked with nice quality colonial gear.
 
I ran into several people that I hadn't seen in years and that made it a great day. One lady that I hadn't seen in years makes the most amazing clothing. Michelle's sewing company is called "Sew it Seams" and it was  just awesome to run into her again and catch up on the lastest news. I bought a very well made west kit from her. It is a light green vest lined with Raw Silk. While we were talking, she gave me the once over and then very seriously offered to rework my Gaitors. There is very little that gets by Michelle. The person that originally made my gaitors for me....I suspect that they didn't know how to make Gaitors. Michelle's also going to make me another set of Gaitors...I really need another set.
 
She also measured me for a Great Coat...I'll probably see that in November. During the F&I period the Great Coat was referred to as a Coachmans Coat, and became more commonly called the Great Coat at a later period, closer to the 1800's. I can't wait to see & wear the final product. One thing about Michelle....if it ain't quality she won't do it. The bill is going to be a stiff, but my wife was there and she didn't bat an eye...which I thought was very good indeed.  :o
 
With my few clothing purchases I should be set for the Winter Rondy coming up later in the year...The "Frozen Toes" gathering is a justifiably named affair. The last time that I went to it, I wore every stitch of period clothing that I owned and still turned into a minute-man cycle. That Great Coat and my few new shirts will go a long ways towards increasing my comfort level should the weather turn as bad or worse than last year.  8)
 
Though my participation at this years Colonial Rondy was very limited, I still had a great time. It's better than sitting at home and watching TV, I must say.
 
Here's an obsrvation: There is an amazing amount of wooded private land along the river around this Rondy site. Just think about talking to a local land owner...and getting permission to hunt a nice piece of land with period firearms, for small game. Even if there was a short term hunting lease with a fee...spread out the costs over a group of hunters....it would not amount to much for a weekend of going to a Rondy and doing some period hunting as well. I like this idea.  8)
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2011, 09:21:06 PM »
While I was at the Rondy this weekend I did have a conversation with a gentleman that really set me back.
 
I stopped by his stand becuase he was displaying some of his firearms (pistols) that he had made and quite frankly his craftsmanship was top notch, I must say. So I decided  to spend some time and there was the fact that my Dad was totally enthralled by his display and it was pretty obvious that he wasn't going anywhere soon.
 
So we got to talking about shooting flintlocks and this guy made a few statements that just confounded me. I just did not know what to say to the man.
 
Here's what he said:
 
1. When loading your muzzleloader, you don't want to compress your loads in the bore as you seat the ball on the powder. If you do this, then you reduce the air space between the powder granuals and you ruin the ignition of the charge because you've reduced the amount of oxygen in the charge.
 
I swear to Gawd I thought he was pulling my leg, so I laughed...wrong thing to do. He then backed up this statement with the following...
 
2. Everyonce in a while when you shoot your flintlock the flash will get sucked into the flash hole and there wiil be a sucking sound before the gun goes off. This is because the ball has been seated to hard and has compressed the blackpowder charge, so the air is being sucked into the gun so that the powder can burn and the charge can go off.
 
I've seen this delayed type of ignition (hangfire) happen before...but the cause can't be because the powder charge is starved for atmospheric oxygen. The powder doesn't need atomospheric air to burn...this is blackpowder, its not a piece of wood in a campfire. The oxygen used in the combustion of the reaction is provided by the Saltpeter in the powder...this Nitrate compound contains chemically bound oxygen that allows the Sulfur and the Charcoal to combine in a combustion at a high rate of reaction.
 
Maybe this guy was playing the role of a colonial character with me or maybe he really didn't pass basic high school chemistry. But if you think about it...not seating a ball firmly on a blackpowder charge is a formula for disaster...that little detail could/will lead to a catastrophic failure of the barrel.  :o
 
I'm still a little taken aback by the whole conversation.... ???
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“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson"

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Re: Ft Lupton Rendezvous
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2012, 03:10:58 AM »
The Frozen Toes Rendezvous is just around the corner February 24-27. I ordered a Coachman's Coat back in November, and it is now finished. The lady that made it for me will bring it to the Rondi.  8)
 
Here's a link to the Frozen Toes information.
 
http://www.spvhs.org/flers/2012FrozenToes.pdf
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Henry Frap the "Mountain Men"

“Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Mother Gue said to me; ‘Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men.’  "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.”
Del Gue in "Jeremiah Johnson"
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