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The Museum Of The Mountain Man is a great insight into the history of one of the most amazing areas of the USA – Wyoming!
Here, kids can see exhibits, both permanent and temporary, that showcase a visual and interpretative experience into the romantic era of the Mountain man, and provides a comprehensive overview of the Western Fur Trade’s historical significance. In fact, there are over 15,000 artifacts ranging from pre-historic to the settlement era, giving you a true learning experience into this fascinating past!
The Museum of the Mountain Man has a comprehensive collection of Rocky Mountain fur trade era artifacts including those of the American Indian as well as the Mountain Man. There is also a section downstairs that highlights the settlement era of Sublette County.
The museum is the oldest Historical Society in the State of Wyoming, and was originally established in 1935 for the preservation of historic sites of the fur trade and rendezvous, as well as marking of settler graves and trails, and even to collect all records, documents and items relating to the history of Sublette County.
So grab that sense of adventure and head out to enjoy this museum with a difference!
The G A Ruxton Memorial Museum
The guys are on the road and having a grand time.
On the way to the 1838 Rendezvous in Riverton, Wyoming, they detoured to Pinedale to visit the Museum of the Mountain Man. Not only did they visit, they became part of the display. They will be back tomorrow until 2:00ish, when they will depart for Riverton.
Museum Of The Mountain Man
Museum of the Mountain ManSublette Co. Historical Society Inc.
PO Box 909 | 700 E. Hennick, Pinedale, WY 82941
Summer Hours: May 1 Oct. 31: Everyday 9 am-5 pmWinter Hours: November 1 April 30 by advance appointment
ADMISSION$10 Adults | $8 Senior CitizensChildren Free
The full 20 min. version of Legacy of the Mountain Men is available in our giftshop.
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Serbjeet Singh The Mountain Man
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The pandemic and the ensuing lock down left me bereft of the joy of walking into a museum and engaging with works, however with museums embracing the online space led to rediscovery of many artists who had faded with time. Some museums were a joy to browse through and others left me frustrated .
Serbjeet Singh was one such artist, his paintings capture the grandeur of the mountains without romanticizing it. Serbjeets works need to celebrated and so does he, it is unfortunate that I did not meet him, so what follows is a collation of my desktop study on the artist, and there is such paucity of information on the man, which pushed me further to write this piece.
Serbjeet Singh born in Dalhousie was surrounded by the mountains, it is no surprise that they were an integral part in life. He was known as the mountain man, his passion for the mountains was expressed through his paintings and his documentaries. Major General K S Thimayya, DSO, was impressed with Serbjeets film and invited him to document the war in 1948 in a documentary film, still photographs and paintings. Serbjeet also documented the war of 1962 . His film the Avalanche received the Presidents award. Another contribution of Serbjeet was a 26 episode documentary which captured the grandeur of Himachal Pradesh, so great was the impact on the viewers that it attracted tourists and film industry to the state!
Museum Of Mountain Man
The beaver fur trade of the Rocky Mountain west is perhaps the most famous era of 300 years of fur trade in North America. While it lasted for only two decades, the 1820s and 1830s, it became iconic. It created young adventurous mountain men who lived year round in the wilderness trapping and trading created the annual summer rendezvous system where the mountain men were resupplied opened trade with the western Native American tribes and ultimately led the emigrant wave that settled the American West and extended the young United States to the Pacific Coast.
Situated in the heart of the country that was the hub of the Rocky Mountain rendezvous, the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming stands as a monument to the men and commerce that opened the West. Opened in 1990, the Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the mountain man, rendezvous, and Rocky Mountain fur trade era. This is accomplished through school programming, living history demonstrations, scholarly symposia, exhibits, and tours hosted by experts, as well as award-winning publications, and yearly research journals.
The premier publication of the Museum of the Mountain Man is The Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal. This annual peer-reviewed research journal provides a platform for the top scholars to present the newest research in the Rocky Mountain fur trade.
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Museum Of The Mountain Man Location
The museum is located in a standalone building in Pinedale, Wyoming.
It also has an outdoor exhibit area featuring historic cabins and other artifacts from the immediate Pinedale region, including this historical wagon used by early pioneers in the area.
The address of the museum is 700 E Hennick in Pinedale, Wyoming. Follow the directions using the Google Map below.
If youre traveling with an RV, as we were with our Airstream, there is plenty of available RV parking in the parking lot of the museum.
See our other posts about interesting museums weve visited while traveling across the United States in our Airstream!
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Amon Carter Museum Of American Art
The Carter is open today, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Cast by Roman Bronze Works
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Object Format
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28 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 11 in.
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Edition
No. 34 of an estimated 74 numbered casts. No. 34 was probably one of the last casts produced during Mrs. Eva Remington’s lifetime. Only the first 8-15 casts, including an unnumbered cast, were produced during the artist’s lifetime.
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Inscriptions
On base: Copyright by \ Frederic Remington
inside base: N 34
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On side of base: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N- Y-
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Collection Name
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Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Amon G. Carter Collection
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American Frontiersman And The Museum Of The Mountain Man
One of my favorite magazines is the American Frontiersman. And one of the reasons is that the editors and staff understands the lore and history of the American Spirit.
The latest issue has several great articles on the Fur Trappers. Editors Welcome struck a special note with me by mentioning a couple famous mountain men, Hugh Glass and JohnLiver-Eating Johnson. But the highlight is the mention of the Museum of the Mountain Man, in Pinedale, Wyoming.
Wrights Hugh-Glass-esque Caught Off Guard also garnered much interest from the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming. While searching for the right cover for this issue, we learned that the Museum of the Mountain Man is on the verge of announcing its new website hughglass.org, which will also adorn Wrights painting. This new website presents the true story of Hugh Glass, a timeline of events, other grizzly bear encounters in the early 1800s, as well as other fur-trade resources. And if you can swing a road trip, in May 2016, the Museum of the Mountain Man will unveil a life-size diorama of the grizzly bear attack that left Hugh Glass severely wounded. Keep abreast of this by visiting museumofthemountainman.com. The Museum of the Mountain Man is open seasonally from May 1 until October 31. The Editors, American Frontiersman.
See ya down the trail,
Red Feather
Life As A Mountain Man
Details about life for the mountain men during this period are explained, including figures that represent their daily lives and interactions with each other and the local Native American tribes.
The roles of mountain men are examined, along with details of the supplies they took with them during their trappings of beaver pelts.
Most mountain men relied heavily on horses for explorations of the region and carrying of the beaver pelts back to be sold, so special attention is given to the role that horses played during this era.
Of special importance to the mountain men were their guns. The Museum of the Mountain Man has a large gun exhibit that features many unique weapons from this time period.
The mountain men were closely aligned with some Native American Tribes, but also battled with others. Details about these interactions and what life was like as a Native American are presented with numerous exhibits.
The mountain men were exploring a new area that included many wild animals, including elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, wolves, foxes, bison, mountain lions, and more. Some of these animals served as a food source for the mountain men, while others were responsible for killing mountain men explorers.
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Stories From The Wild
Check out our new website! Stories from the Wild features a collection of interviews and guest blog posts highlighting the use of the Wind River Mountains and Green River Valley both historically and in our modern era. These posts are complimented by historical documents and objects from the Museum of the Mountain Mans collections. With high-resolution photography, a modern layout, and interactive content, the Stories from the Wild website makes history fun and accessible.
