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

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