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A little too big Beaver Press Cold Camp

Each year, for three days in mid-May, members of the American Mountain Men (AMM) come to the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale to give living history demonstrations and talks. School from around western Wyoming bus classes of kids up to participate in the program.

This year a total of 721 kids ranging from preschool to 4th grade, and 111 adults that accompanied them attended. Twelve mountain men assisting with stations. Children heard about the lifestyle, clothing, Indian sign language, food, firearms, living in a tipi, horses, trade goods and more.

Two of the days for the event were very cold weather, which was good for the school kids to experience first-hand the kind of outdoor living and working conditions for the men who lived and trapped beaver in the Green River Valley in the early 1800s.

The Museum is open daily from 9AM-5PM during the summer season. The mountain men will be back July 11-13th for Green River Rendezvous.