More than half of the gatherings of mountain men and fur trade caravans took place in Wyoming, including the first one in 1825 along the Henry’s Fork of the Green River. By far the most popular place for the annual summer rendezvous was in the Upper Green River Valley, not far from present-day Pinedale, with six rendezvous camps in that area.
The Green River Rendezvous is still celebrated in that community with an annual reenactment and mountain man camps, held each year in mid-July.
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