Name: Rendezvous

County: Sweetwater

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Longitude:  1095711W

Latitude: 410311N

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Elevation: 6847/2087

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Feature Type: Populated Place

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Rendezvous Park at the juncture of Green River and Horse Creek, was a popular site for the annual assemblage of trappers in the 1820's and 1830's. The first gathering in the vicinity (1824), conducted by Thomas (Broken Hand) Fitzpatrick, was small, with only employees of William H. Ashley's Rocky Mountain fur Company participating. The next year, Ashley selected a spot on Henry's Fork of the Green River (this location) and posted signs inviting all trappers to attend. After that, until the end of free trapping in the middle 1840's, the rendezvous was an annual event vital to the industry.

Source: Wyoming Guide

Other Names: Rendezvous Site

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1:24000 Quadrangle: McKinnon

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