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.
- 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. Photos by Roger Riveland.