SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH
SATURDAY
9:00AM-4:00PM
June 15, 2024
"Tin" Campers, Historical Reenactors, & Vendors set up Thursday-Friday
9:00AM
Fort Connah is Open to the Public
Guests are encouraged to tour the grounds, eat delicious food from local food trucks, and watch the Trapper's Run.
9:00-10:30AM
TRAPPER'S RUN COMPETITION
An intense course that will challenge any "mountain man" brave enough to participate! $350 CASH AWARDS TO OUR WINNERS!
NOON
OPENING CEREMONIES
Bagpipers will start at the gate and lead us down to the historic fort. As flags are presented and displayed by our local buck-skinner group, bagpipers and Native drummers will play. The shooting of a black-powder cannon will signal that the trading post is open once more (for this weekend!).
FOLLOWING OPENING CEREMONIES
BBQ BUFFALO, BAKED BEANS, & BISCUIT LUNCH
Guests interested in this special lunch are welcome to purchase a lunch ticket in the trading post. Tickets will be collected at the food serving area. Lunch will start at noon and we'll go until the food runs out!
1:00-4:00PM
ONGOING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides
Food Trucks: Coffee Break & Redneck Sister
Vendors: Ninepipes Museum of Early MT & Four Winds Trading Post
Atlatl Throwing
Candy Cannon
Children's Activities
50/50 Drawing
Bake Sale
Huckleberry Fry Bread
Re-Enactments of 1820s by N.W. Fur Trade Historians
Historical Cemetery Tours
Living History Demonstrations: Flint Knapping and Beading
Spinning Wool Dyed from Native Plants
Tomakawk & Knife Throwing
Blanket Traders