Fort Union reenactors relive history
Submitted Photo Amanda Watson, Wolf Point, Mont., demonstrates spinning wool to a trio of young kids inside one of the rooms along Fort Union’s inside walls. The youngsters helped as well and used a paint brush to push the fibers together. Watson said she has been attending Fort Union Rendezvous for 10 years. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A group of reenactors take a rest and talk on the grounds of the Fort Union Rendezvous held over the weekend. They are Doug Epperly, of Laurel, Mont., reclining at left, a member of The American Mountain Men; Ron Garritson, of Billings, Mont., seated at center, an actor and expert in the Plains Indian sign Language who is married to Jane Lind, a renowned Native American actress; Terry Madden, Minot, standing at right, an AMM member, and Denny Leonard, the national Captaine of AMM from Holstein, Iowa, reclining at right. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Amanda Watson, Wolf Point, Mont., demonstrates spinning wool to a trio of young kids inside one of the rooms along Fort Union’s inside walls. The youngsters helped as well and used a paint brush to push the fibers together. Watson said she has been attending Fort Union Rendezvous for 10 years. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo A group of reenactors take a rest and talk on the grounds of the Fort Union Rendezvous held over the weekend. They are Doug Epperly, of Laurel, Mont., reclining at left, a member of The American Mountain Men; Ron Garritson, of Billings, Mont., seated at center, an actor and expert in the Plains Indian sign Language who is married to Jane Lind, a renowned Native American actress; Terry Madden, Minot, standing at right, an AMM member, and Denny Leonard, the national Captaine of AMM from Holstein, Iowa, reclining at right. Photo by Roger Riveland.