Welcome

From Club historian Steve Gates

Little Beard Club

LBC reenactment time period is 1640 – 1840 known as the fur trading time of our history. So you can be a French voyager out of Montreal, trapping the Adirondack Mountains in the 1600s to the Jeremiah Johnson of the Rocky Mountains.

LBC is an offshoot of the York Sportsman club. In 1986 there was quite a few members that shot side lock black powder guns. In October of 1986 we had our first Black powder shoot (York Mountain Man Shoot – Little Beard). Within 2 years most members were doing the primitive part of black powder.

Our first meeting was at Steell Fullers house in Fowlerville (1987). The 1st WAJ(What about Joey) Rendezvous was in June of 1987. Steel Fuller ran and won Booshway for the 15th Eastern Rendezvous in 1991. Little Beard Club was the host club. Bill Decker ran & won the 1995 Eastern Rendezvous & LBC was again the host club. After that being an LBC was something to be proud of.

LBC hosts its annual WAJ (What About Joey) Rendezvous 1st full weekend in June.

LBC has 100 members from all parts of Western New York; being international with members from Canada.